PFAS Forever Chemicals are the most toxic compounds we know — and the primary path to toxicity is by eating and drinking. These chemicals are everywhere and have been found in everything from food to water to rain.

MOVIES:

Dark Waters, starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway

The Devil We Know

No Defense

BOOK:

Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont by Rob Bilott
https://www.amazon.com/Exposure-Robert-Bilott-audiobook/dp/B07TWJ7MPZ/ref=sr_1_1

PAPERS:

PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesisof Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding
https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/etc.4935

Diet and particularly seafood are major sources of perfluorinated compounds in humans
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160412010001170

Contribution of diet and other factors to the observed levels of selected perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS forever chemicals) ) in serum among US children aged 3-11 years
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935117316845

Foodstuff analyses show that seafood and water are major perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs forever chemicals) sources to humans in Korea
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389414005585

Preliminary assessment of general population exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances through diet in Greece
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935119304141

The sources and bioaccumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS forever chemicals) in animal-derived foods and the potential risk of dietary intake
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723059405?via%3Dihub

Occurrence of perfluorinated alkylated substances in cereals, salt, sweets and fruit items collected in four European countries
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653514011825

The top 12 PFAS producers in the world and the staggering societal costs of PFAS pollution

The top 12 PFAS producers in the world and the staggering societal costs of PFAS pollution

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in grocery store foods: method optimization, occurrence, and exposure assessment
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/EM/D3EM00268C

Questions and Answers: Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFOA, PFOS, GenX Chemicals and PFBS
https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/questions-and-answers-drinking-water-health-advisories-pfoa-pfos-genx-chemicals-and-pfbs

Differences in the internal PFAS patterns of herbivores, omnivores and carnivores – lessons learned from target screening and the total oxidizable precursor assay
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723009774

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in commercial organic eggs via fishmeal in feed
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653523028230

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in livestock and game species: A review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720383285

Internal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vegans and omnivores
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438463921001231

The concentration of several perfluoroalkyl acids in serum appears to be reduced by dietary fiber
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322479

Study Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Kale, Countering FDA Research Data
https://healthnews.com/news/study-finds-forever-chemicals-in-kale-countering-fda-research-data/

Current Review of Increasing Animal Health Threat of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Harms, Limitations, and Alternatives to Manage Their Toxicity
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/14/11707

Perfluoroalkylated substances in edible livers of farm animals, including depuration behaviour in young sheep fed with contaminated grass
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653516306294

Speed vs. sustainability: The race to ban ‘forever chemicals’ on ski slopes
https://www.politico.eu/article/speed-sustainability-race-ban-forever-chemicals-fluorinated-ski-wax-alps/

States are leading the way to safer chemicals
https://www.saferstates.org/

FDA Update on PFAS Activities
https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-update-pfas-activities

0:00 The Most toxic compounds: PFAS
2:34 DuPont’s dark secret
4:13 Wrecking our immune system
5:26 How we know PFAS are toxic
10:42 Toxicology and epidemiology
13:27 Pathway to exposure: food
15:40 How food gets contaminated
18:57 Parts per trillion
21:05 PFAS in produce
22:48 Contaminated fish
24:12 PFAS whack-a-mole
28:02 Forever chemicals in plants
32:15 Give blood
33:06 Regulators
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