Water chemicals may partly explain disease explosion in young people

I've always looked at it this way. We learned in school as little ones that water is H2O. Water is NOT H2O plus 75 other ingredients that the SDS or MSDS says are very harmful to ingest. But yet the government says it is at safe levels. No thanks Jeff. Bye Felicia. I've chosen not to drink tap water for just about most of my life. I've also chosen not to buy or eat highly processed foods and fast foods. I've also chosen to exercise regularly and participate in strength training and some form of martial arts for the majority of my life. This goes for wife and kids too. We are not obese and go for years without any illnesses. We are not obese and the entire rest of our extended family are. And they're regularly sick too.

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hideout78@reddit

“Do not ask questions, just consume non-stick pans and get excited for next non-stick pans.”

Non-stick pans are a major source of PFAS. I was like 10 years old when they first came out, and I remember thinking - “we’re really going to cook in a plastic coated pan with plastic utensils?”

Even if they didn’t leach forever chemicals, they’re incredibly wasteful. They always have to be replaced. Cast iron will outlast your great grandchildren and it’s not hard to use at all.

This is yet another example of how stupid we’ve become as a society. All in the name of making money.

Btw, it’s literally raining PFAS in Miami.Sorry for the cancer, kids, but your parents were idiots

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hhh888hhhh@reddit (OP)

The link deserves a post of its own.

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DidntWatchTheNews@reddit

What filters do I need?

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ohyeahwell@reddit

blue eyes, soft, puppy ears and the one that makes everything sparkle.

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DidntWatchTheNews@reddit

You win.

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Dax420@reddit

Reverse osmosis. I have a unit under the sink. $400 for a good one. I use simpure brand.

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SgtPrepper@reddit

Can you hook it up directly to the faucet or do you need a separate spigot?

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Dax420@reddit

Separate faucet.

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Striper_Cape@reddit

ZeroWater. Their filters are 3rd party certified to remove dissolved solids and PFAS/OS

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GiganticBlumpkin@reddit

I got a super special water purifier I could sell you for 3k

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DeltaAlphaGulf@reddit

Reverse Osmosis is best for a lot of stuff. Might be a few things missed that a carbon filter would catch but iirc a carbon filter alone doesn’t catch as much total as RO.

Check your tap water here. Granted you should be getting your water tested annually anyway.

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therapistofcats@reddit

It seems reverse osmosis removes PFAS.

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JoyKil01@reddit

That’s the problem with this article. It doesn’t really offer an individual actionable solution that I could see.

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thepete404@reddit

Aquasana needs a look

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hairynostrils@reddit

Maybe, you know.. something that was sorta forced on the young folks to put in their bodies ... you know .. that wasn't really tested - but seems to be problematic medically .. . you know

maybe something we aren't really allowed to talk about

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ArtisanalDickCheeses@reddit

Now that the EPA is going away, expect more.

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boofingcubes@reddit

Regulations are dum

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dillonwren@reddit

Do you wanna back this up?

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fuckpudding@reddit

Obviously a joke. No need to downvote into oblivion.

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4r4nd0mninj4@reddit

Needs a "/s" after the joke these days.

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objectively_a_human@reddit

I was so against the “/s” but people are so dumb you have to have it even on the really obvious ones

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agent_flounder@reddit

Today, especially

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ArtemisFowl01@reddit

i'd appreciate the joke and would likely tell it's a joke if there weren't people that legitimately believe this

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boofingcubes@reddit

Sorry, was being facetious. Feeling pretty bleak this morn.

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bigdopaminedeficient@reddit

good regulations are good, bad regulations are bad.

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kirbygay@reddit

They find plastic inside newborn and the bottom of the Mariana trench. We're killing ourselves

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SgtPrepper@reddit

They've found it inside of fish preserved in the 1950's. We are so screwed.

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Styl3Music@reddit

I think the hard part nowadays is finding something without plastic or other waste.

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charlestontime@reddit

Luckily we’re going to repeal our current water quality regulations, per trump.

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Liasary@reddit

Lets vote for the guy who is going to remove even more environmental protections! Fuck all y'all who did that shit, seriously.

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tommydeininger@reddit

Back in my day we used to swim uphill both ways to school and work through sewage sludge. Sometimes frozen, other times near boiling. And we were thankful for the opportunity.

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hhh888hhhh@reddit (OP)

😂

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Designer_Emu_6518@reddit

Well seems like it’s about to get worse too

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SgtPrepper@reddit

It sure as hell ain't getting better any time soon.

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Ill_Advertising_574@reddit

Get rid of the fluoride! It’s an industrial waste product

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Opal_Pie@reddit

It literally just naturally exists in water.

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Warburgerska@reddit

While this is true, places with such high concentrations result in lower IQs in such populations. Study done on Chinese cities with naturally occurring high fluorite water.

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