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Sorry, you are right. Read the report again.
Also non-local fish. And chicken, beef and pork in your supermarket >

It's amazing how many of these compounds exist and how poorly regulated they are. >

Mmm... plastics >

The least they could do is make these chemicals taste good, if we’re gonna be swimming in them for centuries >

Don't think we're gonna be around for centuries. >

Bro I don't think I'm gonna make it to the next decade >

dupont poison teabagged the earth and no one cares. >

Actually, this particular one (PFOS) is 3M's fault.  Don't worry though, there are plenty of other horrible things we can still blame on Dupont. >

i mean the basic compound was developed by dupont for the us army so im going to go ahead and pin it on them anyway. >

Everything is full of them now since they are in rain water. Assume plants, beef, etc all bio concentrate them. >

I can't believe I made that mistake as I am a Minnesota native. Thank you for the correction.
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And yeah, 2025 even though its done so much damage its in all rainwater. Crazy how this is even allowed to be made still. >


Crazy how this is even allowed to be made still.

That's a whole separate issue.  Even if/when 3M stops making it, that doesn't mean there won't be other companies still making it in places like China... >

3M has already stopped making PFOS and PFOA...and Chinese, Indian, and russian production immediately filled the demand for them. >

Yeah they all switched to C6 and C4 varieties as the EPA regulated "long chain" sulfonates and carboxylates. The ethereal replacements also took off in that time, and I'm not sure if the federal inventories (CDR, TSCA, etc) track all of them. >

That's a strange headline.  "Locally" to who? >

The article says US streams, rivers, and the great lakes. As a non-American it was definitely a weird title. >

As an American, it was also definitely a weird title. >

Here's a link to an interactive version of the map shown in the article. >

PFAS is a large family of over 2000 different chemicals that range from completely inert to completely carcinogenic. The issue with them is that they are very difficult to break down and are persisting in the environment. They are currently being measured in the parts per trillion, however the levels are going up, which is the real concern.  They can be broken down in industrial incinerators and this method will probably be used in the future. >

Not once they are already dumped into the soil and groundwater between the 1960’s and early 2000’s
Preventing something from being released is always easier than cleaning it up after. >

If you live near a US military base this is a big problem.  The military has been dumping contaminated water in Okinawa, Japan and what’s being found is concerning.  I believe Hawaii is going through something similar. >

Exactly, PFOS have been used as a firefighting foam at military bases. Every training exercise released more into the environment. >

The other headlines for this story are: "Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study" >

good thing I chose the right meat to dislike the taste of >

Ugh. I love fishing. I generally catch and release, but certain times of the year, I really like to catch to keep.
I wonder how this varies by fish species. Trout live longer than crappie. Are crappie safer to eat than trout because of this? Also, what about salt water fish nearshore? Do they have the same issues? >

Location matters too. An alpine lake with no industrial waste draining into it is gonna be lower than a lowland lake that's downstream from a 3m plant >

Our remote mountain river in WA ranked the worst. I'm suspecting from wildfire fighting chemicals. :/ >

We just figured out how to cleave these forever chemicals apart. Now we need to figure out scaleing up. PFAS & PFOA are in 97% of earth's rainwater >

Destroying the world and nothing happens to them. We're fucked and frankly we earned it. We've been way too soft on these cocksuckers for way too long and now we deserve whatever happens >

Better roll back EPA regulations even further.
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How the fuck do we get them out of our bodies? >

Good luck everyone. Chugs bleach >

But I like heavy metals in everything…… >

Well those are available as well, but this is fluorinated organic compounds, not metals. >

And don't forget microplastics >

The map they're using is seriously out-of-date. The Yellowstone is PFAS free, as is the Gallatin and Rocky Mountain watersheds. I am an avid, native-born fisherdude, and I would put hand on junk and say that.  
It's less than 20% of all water in America is PFAS-free, if you're looking for truth, and that is remote, near-virgin sources like Pahrump Springs and The Beartooth Corvice. >

Specific to Great Lakes fresh water fish. >

This is not correct. From the article:

The contamination was widespread, impacting “nearly every fish across the country,” he said. “I believe there was one sample without detected levels of PFOS.”