A long while back I was reading an article about perfluorinated
compounds. Within that health-related post, they mentioned that
researchers from Denmark think that chemicals used (PFCs) to keep stuff
grease-free and stain-free could be predisposing children to metabolic
disorders later in life.
PFCs are everywhere, evidently, and are not limited to food packaging
like you find with microwave popcorn bags, etc. Here is a quote from the
page that I was recently reading: "...they keep your upholstered
furniture and carpets stain-repellant and water-repellant and your
drapes wrinkle-free. The chemicals serve the same function on
permanent-press clothing and any outerwear, backpacks or other
accessories that are advertised as water-repellent. While you'll wind up
eating PFCs that are used in food packaging, you'll most likely inhale
PFCs in all the other applications listed, since the chemicals bind to
dust floating around your home." Source = healthyliving.msn.com/pregnancy-parenting/kids-health/harmful-food-packaging-putting-kids-at-risk [link is no longer active]
On the other hand, after reading more about the recent study they
mentioned, it made me less sure if the perfluorinated compounds really
have any negative impact on human health. I mean, they were basically
using overweight kids to prove their point. Yet, within that study, they
plainly said that normal-weight kids that had high levels of PFCs in
their body didn't show any ill effects. WTF? In conclusion, they assume
that people who are already overweight would be more sensitive to these
supposedly dangerous PFCs. Once again, WTF?
Now, what does seem to suck, is that it takes humans much longer to rid
their self of the PFCs than it would for animals out in the wild, lab
rats, etc. In fact, it takes several years for a typical humanoid to
flush their current PFCs out of their biological system that they often
refer to as a body. If you'd like to read more about that subject, go
here: www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/half-life-of-perfluorooctanesulfonate-perfluorohexanesulfonate-and-perfluorooctanoate-in-retired-fluorochemical-workers-olsen-et-al/ (link is no longer active)
If you'd like to read another negative article about perfluorinated compounds, go here: pollutioninpeople.org/toxics/pfcs (Hmm, this link is also no longer active, as well. Really? Did those websites succumb to PFCs??? I thought perfluorinated compounds possibly had a negative health impact on humans, not websites! Ha!)
Now, here is where the "do they really have any negative impact on human
health?" part of this post begins. What about the retired workers from
places that manufacture stuff that is loaded with PFCs? You'd think they
would have never lived to retirement age and/or would have all dropped
dead by now or had severe problems if these particular chemical
compounds were highly hazardous to human health, wouldn't ya say? Well,
apparently not, since many of them are totally healthy. Could this
latest PFC scare tactic all be a lie or simply some hyped-up hulajula
mawktooey hoopla and ballyhoo? Either way, feel free to go visit an
article about another study concerning this subject, except this one
says that PFCs have no negative impact on human health: solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/PFOS/PFOA/Information/Health-Environment/ [link is no longer valid - who would have thought?]
At any rate, I'm getting tired of these studies that are constantly picking on my damn microwave popcorn! LOL!
---End of Post "Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) - Do they really have any negative impact on human health?"
Semi-related Post: Worried about Popcorn Lung?
Ironically enough, not too long after I posted this, I switched from microwave popcorn to the kind you just pop over the stove. I mainly wanted to pop my own version by using coconut oil, seasoned salt and black pepper. Well, it ended up being so much better than the microwave version. With that being said, it is the only way I make it now. So, in addition to that, I get a bit less of the Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) that surround us. As for the degree of harm they cause, the question is still up for grabs: Do they really have any negative impact on human health?
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