Why 'Forever Chemicals' Are Still Spreading

A little-known American company has been giving plastic a special touch called fluorination for 40 years. After the EPA discovered treated containers can leach “forever chemicals,” the company refused to stop.
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[@BrianMartensOfficial]

Why not require companies that use fluorinated plastic containers to print a large warning label on them informing consumers of the danger like we do with cigarettes/tobacco? If the EPA can't force their hand, maybe we can try to change consumer behavior.

[@mckenzies6824]

How do we find the products that use them? I’m from Houston and am terrified

[@kevincallahan61]

Per CA Prop65, fluorinated HDPE containers should have that warning label as PFOS, PFOA and PFNA are on that list already. But fluorinated HDPE containers do not have that label since the discovery of these contaminants has been contentious and enforcement has been intentionally stalled.

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

It's a small start, but they need to be banned.

[@andreameigs1261]

PFAS are in EVERYTHING from the waxed paper on butter to period underwear. The list of products that don't have it is much shorter than the list of products that does. This video makes it seem far less pervasive than it is- if they listed all the types of products, we would be here all day.

[@geyerbrad1]

Corporate money controls the US government: The powerful at US Chamber, American Legislative Exchange Council, the corporations of the CFR, the think tanks. This kleptocracy has gotten increasingly corrupt since big business became more organized in the 1970's. Even before, the MIC and the biggest banks had far too much undue influence.

[@dwylhq874]

Insane that the greed of a handful of Chemical Company Execs can destroy the lives of so many people! 💭 how is this still legal?

[@SiincereARC]

Money + Lobbying = Movie style suffrage

[@ericchristen2623]

Yep, the greatest murderers get away with it.

[@antongavutti4376]

.....ask the materialistic consumers

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

Wow, the EPA is actually dragging its feet on solving the problem. Besides cancer, forever chemicals can cause infertility in men, and might also explain the low T. in men... It almost seems like it was a convenient way to change society.

[@Ermude10]

@@antongavutti4376 Yes, always blame the consumers... How about being holding the ones who do the bad deeds accountable rather than regular people who are just trying to live their daily lives?

[@lain5678]

What an extremely courageous and intelligent person 👏👏

[@em945]

Thank you Bloomberg for presenting these issues. We are all in this together.

[@rachaelb9469]

Thank you for reporting on this

[@utkua]

Bloomberg seems to be getting better

[@kathleenmilazzoswahn7637]

Exceptional. Sad, but critical work you are doing

[@davidpedersen1757]

Another reason I listen to Bloomberg all week. Their reporting and investigations are impeccable.

[@PeachesCourage]

There's no line with this one Everybody's gettin' it with this one And what I keep telling people politics everyone is in poison ville

[@pj-vu3cn]

Humanity is doooomed. 💀

[@CIB8282]

Thank you for the info regarding fluorinated plastics. Peace

[@Rene-uz3eb]

Cosmetics, really? Maybe one reason why some diseases are massively overrepresented in women. I remember when consumer protection laws resulted in companies pulling entire types of products. The epa should have at least as much teeth. It really doesn't get any worse than massive environmental pollution and danger to human health, economic considerations, for real?

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

Also cleaning detergents since it is predominantly women that do the domestic work. Toxins also tend to be stored in the liver or the adipose tissue. Women have more adipose tissue than men. Those store are used up during breastfeeding which 'innoculates' baby with up to 25% of mother's toxic load. 2nd child gets up to 18%. This means children start off in life with a bigger dose of chemicals than previous generations. That dose and chemical load.increases per generation.

[@bengrant1201]

Like asbestos. No amount is considered safe.

[@thatguychris5654]

And they keep adding fluorine to tap water too. Archeologists will call this time we're in as the Fluoride Era.

[@stephbyerly9491]

Yes and don't forget toxic fluoride-based drugs such as Prozac (fluoxetine) and fluoroquinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxicin and levaquin are two of them).

[@templetonbob]

I hate DuPont with a passion. What are the other awful companies spreading toxicity for profit?

[@johnswanson217]

That Korean War data is very accurate. My grand parents are born in 30s and have never had any long term disease until their 80s. My parent generation (born in 50-60s) all my uncles and aunts had cancer which is not genetic at all. They remember drinking tap water and eating a lot of fish. I blame on my grandparent generation for being very naive and greedy. They either commited crimes or naively do whatever those criminals told them to do for money.

[@KPZivot]

If in such a country who take action immediately the situation is like this what about countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh where tap water pipelines are laid from drainage systems

[@anil.a4898]

Thank you Bloomberg

[@user-ir4wu3gc2q]

Australia has the same problems

[@MichelleCarithersAuthor]

EPA is an empty container....

[@fintux]

The sooner PFASs are banned the better. Lead in gasoline (prevents engine knocking). Arsenic in wallpapers (gave nice green color). Asbestos in pretty much anything (similar reasons as to why we use PFAS for everything). X-rays for fitting shoes (so convenient instead of, you know, walking a few steps). You name it. What could possibly go wrong? I mean, sometimes it is difficult to know beforehand how widespread effects something causes, but we should 1) study beforehand, 2) stop as soon as we realize something is wrong. But we mostly skip 1), and we take usually decades to react. And too often, the replacement is as bad. I just wanted to check if in Finland we have some regulation on the substances (we usually have quite strict ones). Well, I found a store selling fluorinated plastic bottles with a mention on storing food items. And as far as I could tell, it was not FPE (it was said to be fluorinated from inside and outside). FPE should apparently not have dissolving PFASs in it, as the fluoride is in the polymers - and even for those, what happens when the plastic will eventually break down? What was worse, the company claimed that the bottles are fully recyclable. So that means that the PFAS will be making their way to all recycled plastic, which is also used for storing food items and cosmetics. And who knows what is being sold in PFAS-containing plastics?

[@anastasiarockafella7092]

Everyone should know this

[@user-dr2pg8fk2i]

3:350 bet those food cans have some form of harmful chemicals. Plastic lining.

[@serafinacosta7118]

Firms delivering glass bottled milk ( aka milkmen ) are in nearly extinction.

[@panithera2552]

What a great woman you are. You did a wonderful job. And hopefully we will soon be able to stop this onslaught on sanity. I did some research and found that German companies are using and selling those plastics as well. I will do some additional research on that.

[@dianeroberts9421]

Our Congress is to blame and the last president as well. The lobbyists are the ones that are truly to blame. It's all about power and greed. Eventually it will be the cause of our extinction. 😢

[@techcafe0]

"Better living through chemistry" they told us. And we actually believed them.

[@davechirag]

so sad to see this getting into bodies of millions of americans :(

[@singularity6761]

Not only americans, the whole Worlds people are affected

[@jersonodiir1470]

I hope other people know about this! For every language

[@jimysk8er]

governments could just stop spending money on any products that contain pfas. Industries will fall or evolve. Not one single cent of taxpayer dollars should reach the pockets of companies who willingly poison the planet. Yes, I understand there could be exceptions to that statement but any and all exceptions would be better lead by non for profit entities or at a net cost to polluters.

[@tonynunez6539]

For many years the military and government denied responsibility and ownership. Many veterans and their babies have died. Many in the military and government covered the violations of OSHA violations.

[@DavidHuber63]

Start a panic! 🙏🏼

[@ryangemmatin-ao3817]

I want to invite PEER to visit the Philippines and check us through their processes and standards. I am also concern.

[@infinityzer054]

forever chemicals VS prion disease. Which one will out-live someone?

[@GodKing804]

The problem is the EPA is not a eleceted governening entity bc actual law makers are lazy

[@occamsrazor7939]

We're gonners.

[@occamsrazor7939]

Go back to plain old glass.

[@oh_k8]

Why people intentionally put themselves in danger for a thrill I will never understand.

[@crescent.t]

Wrong video, they are talking about PFAS which is mostly present in nonstick pane, flourinated bottles, etc. not hallucinogens

[@inderneilboseroychowdhury]

🤔💭👍👌👏

[@AV24274]

Is it possible to rid the body of these chemicals

[@goldnutter412]

They're just going to come back. The same lesson of interdependency over and over again and we keep going to war and doing this kind of greed based dumb thing.. we're all in this together

[@VondaInWonderland]

Donate plasma a couple of times a month. It won't clean them all, but it will help ❤

[@serafinacosta7118]

Nope. There is a reason they are called forever chemicals.

[@yarikfreerunner1]

Well, fasting may help with this. Paul Bragg, used fasting to detox himself heavy metals. It is mentioned in one of his books.

[@bernob9770]

more study required for long term impacts

[@serafinacosta7118]

The irony of all … Trump ( whom I casted my vote on him once , so mea culpa ) , was very adamant in cutting EPA’s operating budget. The same EPA became of existence thanks to a bill signed by Nixon. Well, back then we had Ralph Nader who influenced policy on these matters as an engaged private citizen activist. We slept atitude wheel and choose to ignore the old man.

[@mdrafiqul3358]

😀

[@heidismith8970]

Has the jab been tested for this?

[@yarikfreerunner1]

These chemicals degrade the ability of the immune system to respond to jabs. Therefore, making the jab less effective. Doubling the amount of PFAS in the blood, reduces the antibody response by 50%.

[@Canetoady]

2nd

[@Wellingclub]

First !

[@Canetoady]

You’re the first comment

[@RelianceIndustriesLtd]

Such videos should be censored and taken down from a public platform like youtube to prevent panic spreading which might cause huge looses to these companies, just think about the poor shareholders.

[@bogdy72000]

if you are vegan pfas are not a bigger threat than your diet

[@beckyhall]

So you don't wear clothes that contain plastic, or walk on carpets, or sit in rooms that have upvc windows? It's everywhere. Nobody can avoid it. It's even in the rain.

[@karolinakuc4783]

​@@beckyhallIndeed.