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Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by upsidesinclude »

ars wrote: post #65
mdrew wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, the dental floss is the most fucked PFAS application out of all of them.

No, that is incorrect. PTFE is not a PFAS (it's chemically related, but is not the same). You are perfectly fine with PTFE dental floss - it has no reactive PFAS components in it.

That is not a good recommendation and is also incorrect

PTFE, the material, does not contain PFAS in bulk form.

That's the end.

Floss, as a product, could contain any number of compounds related to the manufacturing, packaging and coating.

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by culi »

laweijfmvo wrote: post #15
bauruine wrote: post #8

>There's some research out of Australia indicating blood donation is effective at removing it from the body. Great. Another reason to regularly donate blood. And you don't even have to pay 399$!

Blood letting is back!

The closest modern medical operating room to you likely has live leeches on hand too. Looks like the tech never left

> "Despite all the technical advances in modern medicine, in certain post-surgical situations, we do still rely on one of nature’s most primitive organisms – the leech – to assist us in achieving a good outcome,” says Rod Rezaee, MD, UH otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon.

https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2020/03/how-leeche...

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by upsidesinclude »

mdrew wrote: post #76
ars wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, that is incorrect. PTFE is not a PFAS (it's chemically related, but is not the same). You are perfectly fine with PTFE dental floss - it has no reactive PFAS components in it.

Interesting.

Take that with a grain of salt

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by w10-1 »

MicropenisMike wrote: post #47

Is there a list of the tests worth taking to get as full a view as possible into my health?

Quest Diagnostics, one of the biggest labs in the US, has a portal where you can order tests directly, including panels for wellness, allergies, etc. Descriptions are fairly general but accurate AFAICT. I've bought ~$1,000 worth over ~4 years with no real hiccups.

https://www.questhealth.com

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by stepbeek »

mdrew wrote: post #67
0cf8612b2e1e wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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%).

I believe they let you donate every 6 weeks

Depends on country. UK is every three months.

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by acumenical »

Maybe the heart was in the right place, but yet another test that consumers pay for is not really the solution to the PFAS problem. The solution is holding polluters accountable. Until that happens, the test is simply a luxury that allows you to put distance between you and this worldwide problem.

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by giantg2 »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #58
mdrew wrote: post #34

Earlier 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…

"to get rid of PFAS, but nothing about from the human body."

We have some really old tech that can reduce your levels -blood letting. (... or donation).

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by giantg2 »

bauruine wrote: post #62
haskellandchill wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you giving someone bad blood in that case?

The negative health effects of PFAS are completely irrelevant if the alternative to this "bad blood" is death.

Generally agree, but that could be true of many other things like lead too. So we have to be careful not to take it to the extreme.

Re: Show HN: PFAS.report – Measure the forever chemicals in your blood via Quest

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Post by eutectic »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #19

This 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…

PFAS are used in the manufacture of teflon pans, but teflon pans themselves are not a major source (as I understand it).
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