Reminder that rainwater itself is now, worldwide, also undrinkable - has high toxic PFAS levels as well at least. On every part of the globe. We've managed to make rainwater itself toxic in the entire biosphere.
Similarly, you can pick up water in nature anywhere - from a forest near you, the ocean, the deepest abyssal trench, or the highest peak - and you will find microplastics in it. It's everywhere on the planet. They're so endemic you get that kind of shit in wild areas, for example. We already determined they have an impact on the central nervous system of many fishes' species; there's little reason to assume they don't have an impact on ours either.
A single fish from freshwater sources in half of the US watersheds has more PFAs than a human normally consumes in a month.
Tanneries from the 1800's are still polluting waterways. It is hopeless in some areas. The amount of money needed to dredge rivers like the Ohio can cost $100+ million per mile to cleanup.
Reminder that rainwater itself is now, worldwide, also undrinkable - has high toxic PFAS levels as well at least. On every part of the globe. We've managed to make rainwater itself toxic in the entire biosphere.
Similarly, you can pick up water in nature anywhere - from a forest near you, the ocean, the deepest abyssal trench, or the highest peak - and you will find microplastics in it. It's everywhere on the planet. They're so endemic you get that kind of shit in wild areas, for example. We already determined they have an impact on the central nervous system of many fishes' species; there's little reason to assume they don't have an impact on ours either.
A single fish from freshwater sources in half of the US watersheds has more PFAs than a human normally consumes in a month.
Tanneries from the 1800's are still polluting waterways. It is hopeless in some areas. The amount of money needed to dredge rivers like the Ohio can cost $100+ million per mile to cleanup.
But have you considered we need to give a hundred trillion more dollars to Ukraine?
and they put dead fish in a bunch of orange juice these days as well, so you get that extra dose of pfas goodness
yes, i do hate it here, how'd you know?