I would also say this attitude was pervasive when we used leaded gasoline, which widely contaminated the biosphere, roads and people.
It's everywhere. We all have it. Why bother.
I think we now know there's no safe level of lead in the blood. If you have suspected exposure in 2023, doctors quantify your lead level through a blood test and if it's elevated, recommend a medical procedure called chelation to remove it.
With PFAS, the medicine is just starting to catch up to the horrors of the news cycle.
But I think in the future, PFAS contamination is going to be treated in a similar way to lead exposure. That is, medically.
But right now, it's easy to throw up ones hands and say, it's all fucked. Why bother doing anything.
It's everywhere. We all have it. Why bother.
I think we now know there's no safe level of lead in the blood. If you have suspected exposure in 2023, doctors quantify your lead level through a blood test and if it's elevated, recommend a medical procedure called chelation to remove it.
With PFAS, the medicine is just starting to catch up to the horrors of the news cycle.
But I think in the future, PFAS contamination is going to be treated in a similar way to lead exposure. That is, medically.
But right now, it's easy to throw up ones hands and say, it's all fucked. Why bother doing anything.