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▲ kevmo 3 hours ago

Americans' breast milk is full of fire retardants, found in 100% of samples taken.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/24/1194759...

▲cyberax an hour ago | parent | next [-]

These articles are often misleading. With the modern detection methods, we can find seemingly anything in everything. Mass spectrometers can detect individual atoms and molecules, after all.

It's always important to check the quantities detected and the corresponding safe limits.

▲usern20260720 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

probably not only Americans. The EU imposes fire retardants on furniture and clothing. It is not a health hazard in the long run because these might be the last human generations to be born due to GW