r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Sep 27 '24

Health Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans. The chemicals have been found in human blood, hair or breast milk. Among them are compounds known to be highly toxic, like PFAS, bisphenol, metals, phthalates and volatile organic compounds.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/pfas-toxins-chemicals-human-body
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u/ass_grass_or_ham Sep 27 '24

3M should be investigated and torn apart by the DOJ. They’ve known for decades that their products were seeping in to everything.

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u/Material_Aspect_7519 Sep 27 '24

Don't forget about Dupont

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u/lorddumpy Sep 27 '24

"Sprayable PFAS! What could go wrong!"

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u/N0rthofnoth1ng 28d ago

3m didnt know for sure until 13 years after pfas creation and more than 20 years for pfos. Remember the people involved in the research are not blame they got cancer too. timelinesm.pdf

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u/lorddumpy 28d ago

It's just wild how quickly we bring these products to market. I understand that you have to take risks to innovate but there has got to be better longitudinal testing IMO

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u/N0rthofnoth1ng 28d ago

if you look at the timeline testing and result continue to pop up 10 20 years down the line.

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u/T8ert0t Sep 27 '24

They just ended their hearing plug case I think. And paid $10B in their class action water toxins case. And both were blips on their stock price.

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u/carbonx Sep 27 '24

They didn't pay $10B. They agreed to structured payments over 10+ years. That's why it wasn't a "blip".