Wild Boar Has Five Times More PFAS Than Humans Allowed to Eat
A study in the Czech Republic's Bohemian Forest National Park found European wild boars with PFAS levels surpassing EU limits. Concerns arise over human consumption safety, urging enhanced monitoring and regulation.
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A recent study revealed that European wild boars have levels of toxic PFAS (per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) nearly five times higher than the EU's legal limit for human consumption. Wild boars, particularly their livers, are considered good indicators of PFAS levels in the environment due to their foraging habits. The study, conducted in the Bohemian Forest National Park in the Czech Republic, found that wild boars in this area had significantly elevated PFAS levels, raising concerns about human consumption of wild boar meat and offal. The contamination is attributed to atmospheric deposition, indicating a need for further investigation. The study underscores the widespread presence of PFAS, known as "forever chemicals," which pose health risks even at low levels. The findings highlight the importance of monitoring and regulating PFAS levels in wildlife and food sources to protect human health.
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14 commentsThey seem like they also directly attempted to measure actual PFAS, but then mixed the results with fluorine, I could not quite understand what they did. Maybe someone can interpert?
I don't like using organic fluorine as a proxy for PFAS, because fluorine also exists naturally in the environment - we mine it from the environment after all.
Won’t it only get worse every year? Like carbon emissions?
"Would you eat a rectal thermometer!?"
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