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Well said. If you're not well informed, this isn't for you.

Depending on your Total PFAS blood level, you are at increased risk for certain medical conditions which require ongoing monitoring by a physician. Knowing this may prevent the dev…

Just pushing back mildly on the whole "fleecing people" language and implication that NMS labs is somehow "corrupt" with no evidence.

I encourage you to read the rest of the discussion.

NMS does not offer tests direct to consumers.

As I understand it, aside from the local manufacturing, Michigan has one of the best testing programs in the country. In other states, testing has been laggard. Which is maybe why …

I get it. I think it's right there in the post itself. If you have certain occupations, live in certain zip codes, or have medical problems, a test like this can prove invaluable. …

The only information we use to generate your lab req in Quest is: name dob biological sex phone number

Our first version of the site was PFAS.wtf but that didn't test well

Even if 3M/Dow etc paid out a trillion dollars tomorrow, we'd still have the health problems to deal with. And those are managed by quantifying your risk and taking steps, if neces…

My level is 10.86 ng/mL Your level was 9.8 ug/mL ? If so thats way way higher. I'm sorry. Edit: grammer

Society is starting to change. EPAs super aggressive new water quality standards. Bans on PFAS in packaging. PFAS crusader haha. Edit: forgot the word water

A lot of DTC lab testing is actually cheaper than rolling the dice with your insurance company

Ok, a few thoughts. Direct to consumer lab testing is offered in ~47 states in the country. It has been available for years with thousands of tests available. To date, there has be…

We have a wait list! Link: https://pfas.report/waitlist/

I'm figuring this out in real time just like everyone else.

Those waterproof jackets from REI that magically shed water droplets... for 9 months until the coating wears off and your jacket is just soggy

Since this is an out of pocket test not covered by medicaid/medicare, I don't know if the value based care argument is that relevant. I know what you're saying though. The value we…

Correct. I was using lead chelation as an analogy for the medical management of PFAS contamination.

Interesting.

There's no PFAS labeling requirements and i bet a lot of the manufacturers lie anyways. I have no idea. I went with Grin because they said it's PFAS free. Best I could do.

I don't have all the answers. Just trying to provide one small solution in the chain.

I believe they let you donate every 6 weeks

Totally agree. You can blame the Washington Post. But we choose to use it because a lot of people don't know the chemistry but recognize this label.

I wouldn't be surprised that in 5 years, there's a little drop down when you go to donate blood that asks if you're a firefighter, ski wax technician, factory worker or lived in ce…