{"id":539930,"date":"2023-01-17T12:19:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/eating-one-wild-fish-same-as-month-of-drinking-tainted-water-study\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:19:27","slug":"eating-one-wild-fish-same-as-month-of-drinking-tainted-water-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eating-one-wild-fish-same-as-month-of-drinking-tainted-water-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35c4f91118b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35c4f91118b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eating-one-wild-fish-same-as-month-of-drinking-tainted-water-study\/#%E2%80%9CEating_one_wild_fish_same_as_month_of_drinking_tainted_water_study%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eating-one-wild-fish-same-as-month-of-drinking-tainted-water-study\/#%E2%80%98Greatest_chemical_threat\" >&#8216;Greatest chemical threat&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEating_one_wild_fish_same_as_month_of_drinking_tainted_water_study%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/locally-caught-fish-in.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/locally-caught-fish-in.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Locally caught fish in rivers and lakes could be a major source of exposure to &quot;forever chemicals&quot; PFAS, new research has warned.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/locally-caught-fish-in.jpg\" alt=\"Locally caught fish in rivers and lakes could be a major source of exposure to &amp;quot;forever chemicals&amp;quot; PFAS, new research \" title=\"Locally caught fish in rivers and lakes could be a major source of exposure to &quot;forever chemicals&quot; PFAS, new research has warned.\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Locally caught fish in rivers and lakes could be a major source of exposure to &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221; PFAS, new research has warned.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eating one freshwater fish caught in a river or lake in the United States is the equivalent of drinking a month&#8217;s worth of water contaminated with toxic &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221;, new research said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>The invisible chemicals called PFAS were first developed in the 1940s to resist water and heat, and are now used in items such as non-stick pans, textiles, fire suppression foams and food packaging.<\/p>\n<p>But the indestructibility of PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, means the pollutants have built up over time in the air, soil, lakes, rivers, food, drinking water and even our bodies.<\/p>\n<p>There have been growing calls for stricter regulation for PFAS, which have been linked to a range of serious health issues including liver damage, high cholesterol, reduced immune responses and several kinds of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>To find out PFAS contamination in locally caught fish, a team of researchers analyzed more than 500 samples from rivers and lakes across the United States between 2013 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n level of PFAS in the fish was 9,500 nanogrammes per kilogram, according to a new study published in the journal <i>Environmental Research<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three quarters of the detected &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221; was PFOS, one of the most common and hazardous of the thousands of PFAS.<\/p>\n<p>Eating just one freshwater fish equalled drinking water with PFOS at 48 parts per trillion for a month, the researchers calculated.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the US Environmental Protection Agency lowered the level of PFOS in drinking water it considers safe to 0.02 parts per trillion.<\/p>\n<p>The total PFAS level in the freshwater fish was 278 times higher than what has been found in commercially sold fish, the study said.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/non-stick-pans-are-amo.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/non-stick-pans-are-amo.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Non-stick pans are among the products that use PFAS, which have been linked to a range of serious health issues.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/non-stick-pans-are-amo.jpg\" alt=\"Non-stick pans are among the products that use PFAS, which have been linked to a range of serious health issues\" title=\"Non-stick pans are among the products that use PFAS, which have been linked to a range of serious health issues.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Non-stick pans are among the products that use PFAS, which have been linked to a range of serious health issues.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Greatest_chemical_threat\"><\/span>&#8216;Greatest chemical threat&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>David Andrews, a senior scientist at the non-profit Environmental Working Group which led research, told AFP he grew up catching and eating fish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can no longer look at a fish without thinking about PFAS contamination,&#8221; said Andrews, one of the study&#8217;s authors.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were &#8220;particularly concerning due to the impact on disadvantaged communities that consume fish as a source protein or for social or cultural reasons,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This research makes me incredibly angry because companies that made and used PFAS contaminated the globe and have not been held responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Byrne, an environmental pollution researcher at the UK&#8217;s Liverpool John Moores University not involved in the research, said PFAS are &#8220;probably the greatest chemical threat the human race is facing in the 21st century&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This study is important because it provides the first evidence for widespread transfer of PFAS directly from fish to humans,&#8221; he told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews called for much more stringent regulation to bring an end to all non-essential uses of PFAS.<\/p>\n<p>The study comes after Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden submitted a proposal to ban PFAS to the EU&#8217;s European Chemicals Agency on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal, &#8220;one of the broadest in the EU&#8217;s history,&#8221; comes after the five countries found that PFAS were not adequately controlled, and bloc-wide regulation was needed, the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Nadia Barbo et al, Locally caught freshwater fish across the United States are likely a significant source of exposure to PFOS and other perfluorinated compounds, <i>Environmental Research<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envres.2022.115165\">DOI: 10.1016\/j.envres.2022.115165<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2023 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study (2023, January 17)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 17 January 2023<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-01-wild-fish-month-tainted.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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