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Maybe start donating blood regularly? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
Doesn't this end up in some other poor sap then? Wouldn't you want to have the blood collected and destroyed as medical hazmat, along with testing to confirm burden reduction?
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Donating blood or plasma has evidence of reducing pfas. If I knew I had high measured levels, I'd certainly think about doing it more. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8994130/
Are you giving someone bad blood in that case?
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#63This is interesting, and I suppose has a use of "data over time" but I fail to see how this testing is of any actionable value for the average person. So you're exposed, and PFAS is in EVERYTHING.... so ... what should I do? Nothing realistically. Unless I find an obvious source like my water, there isn't much I can do besides replacing my cooking pans. I can replace my pans without this test. It's a little like thos…
What you should not bother doing is replacing your cooking pans because PFAS does not come from that. (Nor does it come from food storage containers or water bottles.)
The first thing to do is avoid paper dishes, no paper straws or any other kind of compostable dishware. The are frequently sprayed with PFAS to make them waterproof, and unless you are buying them yourself and checking you have no way to know what kind they are.
Avoid snowboarding - snowboards (and skis also I think) are sprayed with PFAS to make them slippery. The snow in the area will be covered in it, so just don't do that kind of sport.
Check your outdoor clothing, and kind of breathable clothing that is also waterproof is most likely coated with PFAS to make that happen. This is not just rain jackets, but also active-wear advertised as "quick drying".
Add a carbon filter (any kind) to your drinking water, you don't need reverse osmossis, carbon works fine. And helps for tons of other things you don't know are in there - plus it tastes better.
As a general rule any time you see an object that should get soaked with water stay dry be careful!
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#64> forever chemicals Sorry, but that phrase really annoys me.[0] What does it actually mean? [0] full disclosure: PhD in organic chemistry
But we choose to use it because a lot of people don't know the chemistry but recognize this label.
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#65I've used PTFE dental floss for decades, and recently diagnosed with a thyroid condition. I wonder if there could be a connection. This test will at least give me an idea of my blood levels of PFAS.
Honestly, the dental floss is the most fucked PFAS application out of all of them.
You are perfectly fine with PTFE dental floss - it has no reactive PFAS components in it.
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#66This is kind of sobering. Standard male levels of testosterone are between 3-7 ng/mL. Standard female levels of testosterone are between 0.1-0.7 ng/mL. And you're over 10 ng/mL of this crap? Even if this stuff is a fraction as bioactive as testosterone, having more of it might explain a few societal health trends.
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I think for certain high risk populations, specifically pregnant women or women planning on becoming pregnant, it makes sense. Based on the new clinical recommendations, my 10.86 ng/mL level puts me at elevated risk for preeclampsia (if I were a women/pregnant). Knowing that could mean my BP during pregnancy is more closely monitored, with a BP cuff for example.
Time to start blood letting. A human has ~5 liters of blood and blood donations are 0.5 liters, every two months. So with a year of effort, could cut your levels in half (0.9^6 = 53%).
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#68I've used PTFE dental floss for decades, and recently diagnosed with a thyroid condition. I wonder if there could be a connection. This test will at least give me an idea of my blood levels of PFAS.
Honestly, the dental floss is the most fucked PFAS application out of all of them.
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I would also say this attitude was pervasive when we used leaded gasoline, which widely contaminated the biosphere, roads and people. It's everywhere. We all have it. Why bother. I think we now know there's no safe level of lead in the blood. If you have suspected exposure in 2023, doctors quantify your lead level through a blood test and if it's elevated, recommend a medical procedure called chelation to remove it.…
So the "what should I do?" was the big question. Even in your OP, you said you didn't know what to do about it. Neither does the website say much other than basically "lawyer". If there is something I can do to help me, then there is a purpose to the test. This chelation you mentioned. But again, this should be a "See a doctor first" situation. What are the risks of chelation? Is it safer for me to have PFAS than go…
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would also say this attitude was pervasive when we used leaded gasoline, which widely contaminated the biosphere, roads and people. It's everywhere. We all have it. Why bother. I think we now know there's no safe level of lead in the blood. If you have suspected exposure in 2023, doctors quantify your lead level through a blood test and if it's elevated, recommend a medical procedure called chelation to remove it.…
So the "what should I do?" was the big question. Even in your OP, you said you didn't know what to do about it. Neither does the website say much other than basically "lawyer". If there is something I can do to help me, then there is a purpose to the test. This chelation you mentioned. But again, this should be a "See a doctor first" situation. What are the risks of chelation? Is it safer for me to have PFAS than go…
PFAS will eventually (slowly) leave your body - focus on not getting anymore, not on removing it. I posted a comment with suggestions elsewhere in this thread.