United Kingdom

4092 readers

73 users here now

General community for news/discussion in the UK.

Less serious posts should go in !casualuk@feddit.uk or !andfinally@feddit.uk
More serious politics should go in !uk_politics@feddit.uk.

Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

tom@feddit.uk

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

‘Forever chemicals’ found in drinking water sources across England (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” have been detected in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies, with 11,853 samples testing positive, something experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – a group of 10,000 or so human-made chemicals widely used in industrial processes, firefighting foams and consumer products – were found in samples of raw and treated water tested by water companies last year, according to the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), the Guardian and Watershed Investigations has found.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm just curious: do these forever chemicals accumulate in our bodies from the food we eat, or are they able to if given water that has been contaminated?

[–] rosymind@leminal.space 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They're in water, anything that uses that water, and cumulatively collected.

Not that I advocate eating whale, but people who eat whale are very likely to have high PFAs and should limit their consumption

Almost all of us have them in our bodies. They disrupt the immune system, particularly the parts that help remove cancer cells. Cancer of the liver, panceas and I forgot which other... (testicular maybe?) are the most common cancers to get from pfas exposure

Women/birthing people pass their pfas on to their children

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Thank you for your absolutely terrifying, yet honest and true answer.