Something's Poisoning America's Farms. Scientists Fear 'Forever' Chemicals.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

For decades, farmers across America have been encouraged by the federal government to spread municipal sewage on millions of acres of farmland as fertilizer. It was rich in nutrients, and it helped keep the sludge out of landfills.

But a growing body of research shows that this black sludge, made from the sewage that flows from homes and factories, can contain heavy concentrations of chemicals thought to increase the risk of certain types of cancer and to cause birth defects and developmental delays in children.

Known as forever chemicals because of their longevity, these toxic contaminants are now being detected, sometimes at high levels, on farmland across the country, including in Texas, Maine, Michigan, New York and Tennessee. In some cases the chemicals are suspected of sickening or killing livestock and are turning up in produce. Farmers are beginning to fear for their own health.

The national scale of farmland contamination by these chemicals — which are used in everything from microwave popcorn bags and firefighting gear to nonstick pans and stain-resistant carpets — is only now starting to become apparent. There are now lawsuits against providers of the fertilizer, as well as against the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging that the agency failed to regulate the chemicals, known as PFAS.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/something-poisoning-america-farms-scientists-145057868.html

[dweller]

1. I wonder if everyone realizes

It’s too late now , at least for my generation and my children’s generation and most likely my grandchildren’s generation and then likely several more to come … 🫤
These chemicals are so prolific and abundant and so infiltrated in so much of Nature … our water our air our food our bodies our organs and nothing no one is doing ANYTHING to remove them nor even trying , other than some water filtration that’s not even widespread , nor government funded nor mandated . I’m really surprised that the worldwide medical association hasn’t spoken up in unified and alarmed voice as to the danger .
In 2022 announcements were made that rainwater worldwide was no longer safe to drink due to micro plastics … think about that …

It’s too late . 🙁



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[Dave Bowman]

2. That guy is to blame for the big part he played in coming up with and causing toxic chemicals to spread.

"Thomas Midgley, Jr. (May 18, 1889 - November 2, 1944), an American chemist, developed the tetraethyl lead (TEL) additive for gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and held over a hundred patents.


https://www.healthandenvironment.org/environmental-health/social-context/history/thomas-midgley-jr.-developed-tetraethyl-lead-for-gasoline#:~:text=(May%2018%2C%201889%20%2D%20November,held%20over%20a%20hundred%20patents.

[Envirogal]

3. We have tipped the scales

I agree, it’s too late to change things. All the while you have conservatives that want to increase the birth rate at a time when humanity has 8 billion people already on this planet and all the unsustainable pollution created to support us all.

Less humans is a good thing and the only thing that will heal nature from the damage we have done.

[HarryM]

4. And they were warned long ago

That this sort of thing could happen. Corporations gotta be corporations, and only be concerned with profits, not people or the environment
Corporate greed will lead to the end of most life on Earth.