It’s interesting to note how humans are considered to be like animals in some cases…
…while being considered to be removed from them (unique) in others:
In the 1970s, there was an experiment to test the build-up of these chemicals in the human body—and even then, back in the 70s when PFAS were less common—they could find no blood that could be used as the control group. In the end, they had to use archived blood from the beginning of the Korean War, in the 1950s. A 2015 study by the CDC found that 97% of Americans had PFAS in their blood.
Based on the timeline above, as well as how manufacturing plants release wastewater, the findings in the article posted below were not surprising:
The impact of humans on the environment has a long history, and hopefully we’ll get better at maintaining it rather than destroying it:
