By CASC4DE August 16, 2022
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Researchers from Stockholm University, ETH Zรผrich and RECETOX - Masaryk University Brno under supervision of Pr Ian Cousins and Pr. Martin Scheringer warn in Environmental Science & Technology that: ๐ฆโ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐.๐. ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด".
๐ PFAS stands for PerFluoroAlkyl or PolyFluoroAlkyl Substances, man-made fluorinated chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products worldwide since the 1950s. They have properties that allow them to repel grease, water and oil. They are used widely to make nonstick cookware (frying pan…), food packaging, water-repellent clothing, stain resistant fabrics and carpets, some cosmetics, some firefighting foams…
๐ Have a look at the article “Outside the Safe Operating Space of a New Planetary Boundary for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)” of Ian Cousins, Jana Johansson, Matthew Salter, Bo Sha, and Martin Scheringer. https://lnkd.in/dJhMGP9p