People in Low Income Neighborhoods Have Higher Levels of Toxic Chemicals in Their Blood, Study Finds

You can get sued in America for changing the weather. There is no evidence global warming is real, it’s a total fantasy, but you can get sued over it.

But corporations can dump endless amounts of chemicals into the water supply of poor people, and nothing happens.

The US media won’t even report it and you have to read about it in The Guardian.

The Guardian:

New research aimed at identifying which US neighborhoods face increased exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found those living near “superfund” sites and other major industrial polluters, or in areas with limited access to fresh food, generally have higher levels of the dangerous compounds in their blood.

The study looked at hundreds of people living in southern California and found those who do not live within a half mile of a grocery store have 14% higher levels of PFOA and PFOS – two common PFAS compounds – in their blood than those who do.

Meanwhile, those who live within three miles of a superfund site – a location contaminated with hazardous substances – have up to 107% higher levels of some compounds, and people who live near a facility known to use PFAS showed significantly higher blood levels.

The findings highlight how the built environment in low-income neighborhoods presents multiple PFAS exposure routes, said Sherlock Li, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern California. The solutions are not easy, he added.

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The study also found people who live in neighborhoods with water contaminated with PFAS have 70% higher blood levels of PFOS and PFOA, though there was no correlation among some other compounds.

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Though the Food and Drug Administration announced last year that PFAS compounds were no longer approved for use in paper food packaging produced in the US, the chemicals could be on imported wrappers, or in plastic containers.

Packaging is among the “key sources” of elevated levels in the neighborhoods, Li said, but the solution is in part structural – improving access to fresh foods with more grocery stores or community gardens will also have a benefit of lowering PFAS levels.

If America just didn’t care about any environmental problem at all and was poisoning everyone, that would be one thing. But there are trillions of dollars being spent on global warming, which is a proven hoax, at the same time that these chemicals are being dumped into the water everywhere and the government/media cover it up.

It’s infuriating.