Wild Boar Has Five Times More Toxic PFAS Than Huma
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2024-06-27
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Wild Boar Has Five Times More Toxic PFAS Than Huma
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wild boars are out there, living their best life, being 'bio-indicators' for these forever chemicals. I bet they didn't sign up for this gig! They're the real environmental influencers, folks, spreading awareness one snout at a time.
29 livers from wild boar were tested for 30 different PFAS. The median amounts found in the liver — which bio-accumulates compounds like PFAS — were 230μg/kg, nearly five times the maximum amount allowed in game offal under EU laws.
“[P]inpointing why the levels were higher in the park would need a bigger study,” Dr Müller replied.
profile of the types of PFAS found in the park matched those generally found at ‘background’ levels, suggesting atmospheric deposition, from rain and wind for example.
