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Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on... by mensetmanusman on Thursday April 11, 2024 @07:11PM (#40007801)
Lipitor, Flonase, Xanax are all PFAS. Also about half of new pharmaceuticals in development are pfas.
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Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on... by jprival on Thursday April 11, 2024 @09:32PM (#40008622)
OECD definition

> any chemical with at least a perfluorinated methyl group (–CF3) or a perfluorinated methylene group (–CF2–) is a PFAS

I don’t think that includes any of those, and Xanax is not fluorinated at all. You might have been thinking of Prozac, which I believe does meet those criteria.

It is a broad category with competing definitions, some of which are even broader, though, yes.

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