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US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’ / PFAS can be found in everything from weapons to uniforms, but the Department of Defense is pushing back on health concerns raised... (www.popsci.com)
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US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’ / PFAS can be found in everything from weapons to uniforms, but the Department of Defense is pushing back on health concerns raised...::PFAS can be found in everything from weapons to uniforms, but the Department of Defense is pushing back on health concerns raised by regulators.

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[–] vegivamp@feddit.nl 59 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Has someone asked what there IS to defend if not people's lives?

[–] arin@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

Gov is in sexual relations with DuPont. They can't do anything since DuPont is the top and gov is the bottom

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 13 points 9 months ago

Money ❤️

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Listen kid, no time to explain, consume these small plastics to keep your country safe!

[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lmao. You've got a good sense of humor.

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks. It's one of those things no one can take from you so I value having it.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

DoD doesnt give a flying fuck about soldiers health.

Health ramifactions from this shit wont manifest until they are out of service and fed up with Tricare to the point of not using it for when the shit hits the fan.

Just look at all the Camp Lejuene shit being revealed recently

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

The DoD not giving two shits about the health of their soldiers, can't find a better pair.

[–] tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately DoD is right. PFAS are terrible things, but they’re used everywhere (including consumer goods at an astonishing rate) because they’re really effective. Once there are good alternatives, yes let’s ban them forever, but until then we’d all notice their absence in our goods in a big bad way.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, not our goods :(

[–] Adori@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Now burning the wood from the boat is really effective at keeping us warm but until an alternative is found we will keep using the boat that we are all in to get through this cold patch of ocean.

Actually fuck no, it'd be, "we gotta keep using the fire to keep us entertained since we are all bored here in the ocean"

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Look at the shiny fire while you build boats you can never afford :)

[–] Adori@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

lol, boat=earth, fire=forever chemicals

[–] isles@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I notice cancer, liver disease, thyroid disease, and asthma in a big bad way, too.