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Monday, April 10th, 2023

Raincoats and Undies: Are Your Clothes Dripping in ‘Forever Chemicals’?

Author:     Hannah Norman
Source:     Med Page Today / Kaiser Health News
Publication Date:     April 9, 2023
 Link: Raincoats and Undies: Are Your Clothes Dripping in ‘Forever Chemicals’?
Stephan:  

I have been telling you for years, and publishing report after report on the toxins that pervade the bodies of Americans, and cause a range of illnesses, and death. Here is the latest on this trend. Please stop using chemical cleansers, laundry products, soaps, fragrance supplements, air cleansers, and a host of other products commonly found in American homes. Read the labels, and always default to the organic option for whatever you want. The organic option may be a little more expensive, but that is nickels and dimes compared to the cost of treating cancer, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, and a host of other diseases. If enough people stop buying this crap, companies motivated by profit, which is to say all of them, will stop making them.

There could be more than just fashion risks involved when buying a pair of leggings or a raincoat.

Just how much risk is still not clear, but toxic chemicals have been found in hundreds of consumer products and clothing bought off the racks nationwide.

Thousands of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, exist since the first ones were invented in the 1940s to prevent stains and sticking. PFAS chemicals are used in nonstick cookware, water-repellent clothing, and firefighting foam. Their manufacture and persistence in products have contaminated drinking water nationwide. Also known as “forever chemicals,” these substances do not break down in the environment and can accumulate in our bodies over time.

There could be more than just fashion risks involved when buying a pair of leggings or a raincoat.

Just how much risk is still not clear, but toxic chemicals have been found in hundreds of consumer products and clothing bought off the racks nationwide.

Thousands of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, exist since the first ones were invented in the 1940s to prevent stains and sticking. PFAS chemicals […]

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