PFAS– it’s over folks, the true cost of our modern conveniences are here and real. The chemical revolution has successfully brought full contamination to our soil and water and it’s going to poison us all. Look at the map above, an interactive version can be found here. Above limits are everywhere- but specifically, they are in the major agricultural areas of our nation and we are all eating them. You and your family, me and mine, are all eating PFAS, which are chemicals that cause cancer, infertility, and birth defects. This is a very real problem that is slowly coming to light in our country, and the most recent cause of mass toxicity is bio solids. The following video helps you understand how this contamination happens and what it means for our long term health.
Please watch this and learn why our water and food are toxic. Lymphoma is a huge side effect of PFAS, and my last dog died of it. She was born and raised on the east coast, but spent her last years here in Western Washington with me on this farm. We do NOT use bio-solids on our farm, but nearby commercial forests are, and no matter where you look, PFAS are present. Products that use PFAS or related chemicals are NOT regulated, so they are everywhere and in use. They are also in all of us, like the microplastics, so get ready for some serious health issues. Remember the movie Erin Brockovich ? Those are similar chemicals to PFAS, and usually used in the same manufacturing environments. The corporations are not stopping the use of these chemicals, and in fact, upping the use and still dumping them in waterways, and sewage treatment plants, which don’t treat for it. Please be aware of this toxic mess in our food and water and write your local legislators to make sure they know what it means to support the use of bio solids in agriculture.
EEC Forest Stewardship does not use any PFAS, but it’s most likely here, like everywhere else. For those of you now concerned about what you might be eating and how much you might already have in you, there are blood tests to find out, but discovering where you picked them up might be more challenging. This post is not meant to panic anyone, but it is a way to express the cost of our careless consumption, and to warn of the contamination in all our food and water. This is an environmental concern with long term consequences we’re already experiencing. What happened to the beef farm in Michigan can happen here too. Though the bio solids are being used a few miles away, it travels in the water and gets into surrounding soil for many miles. What can we do? As I said, write your government reps, if you have the money, get some testing done- water and soil, and report your findings to the EPA. Let’s ask for limits to be set on PFAS and prevent the continued contamination.
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