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Re:New PFAS discovered with novel testing method by LeifCarrotson on Monday December 18, 2023 @02:49PM (#38687258)
Parts per trillion are small, but can still be bad for you. And this is an area of active study, the old threshold of 70 ppt was dropped a thousandfold recently:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/stricter-federal-...

The Wolverine shoe leather tannery up the road dumped their ScotchGuard contaminated scraps/waste in the swamps behind a farm owned by a family friend back in the 70s and 80s. Now my well water is contaminated with a few parts per trillion of PFAS, and the PFAS levels in my blood are significantly higher than the threshold of proven harm.

Re:New PFAS discovered with novel testing method by cmrdporcupine on Monday December 18, 2023 @05:18PM (#38689182)
How were you able to get a blood test?
Re:New PFAS discovered with novel testing method by LeifCarrotson on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @09:10AM (#38695664)
Everyone in the township was invited/asked to participate in this study:

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/environmen...