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In the spirit of the Defense Department being renamed the War Department, the Environmental Protection Agency needs to be renamed the Environmental Destruction Agency.
Or Environmental Exploitation Agency.
Ain't that the truth.
If you pull up the ewg.org working map of the perflouro- contaminated sites in the country, it's horrifying.
Thing is, if the Pro Publica article is correct, these chemicals are afflicting male reproductive viability at the EXACT same time the Trump Administration's cabinet is filed with natalist-leaning advisors.. and they just don't see it as going into part of why men are fathering fewer children.
They lay the blame on feminism and the birth control pills.
Thing is, globaly, male fertility has been falling for decades. Wanna bet part of it is tied to chemical exposure?
But.. we won't go there..
Anti-Intellectualism is a core part of who these people are. They will cut off their nose to spite their face 100% of the time when it comes to anything that makes them feel stupid (so in this case, anything scientific).
Yipes.
If you're in the USA, plug your state code in here:
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/state.php?stab=NH
100% agree. It might be PFAS, or plastics, or GMOs, or whatever but we won't find out if we don't look. It's broken because our reps on both sides are all bought.
you should also read their other article about forever chemicals https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
outstanding journalism
What a fantastic article, thank you for sharing.
The assessment found that PFNA interferes with human development by causing lower birth weights and, based on animal evidence, likely causes damage to the liver and to male reproductive systems, including reductions in testosterone levels, sperm production and the size of reproductive organs.
Likely causes reductions in the size of reproductive organs. You would think that this at least would get the attention of these people. I know they don't care about much, but I'm shocked that they are not panicked over the likelihood that their sons are all going to have tiny dicks like Trump.
Tiny dicks is normal for them.