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Depending on your Total PFAS blood level, you are at increased risk for certain medical conditions which require ongoing monitoring by a physician. Knowing this may prevent the development of future diseases or allow you to catch it early in its progression. NIH graphic: https://res.cloudinary.com/mpsh87/image/upload/v1687923551/N...

If your level is significantly elevated (>20 ng/mL), you can audit your environment by testing your tap water and installing a reverse osmosis whole house filter (expensive). If your level is low, you don't need to do any of this. By eliminating point source exposure, your PFAS levels would naturally decline in time.

Lastly, I bring up therapeutic phlebotomy as interesting emerging research because it points in a concrete direction to something that is very actionable (pending more study).

Edit: grammer

parent mdrew 3 years ago

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