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During the current media firestorm over plastics (kicked off by Canada’s proposal to ban bisphenol A from use in baby bottles), we’re seeing more of this insidious, hard-to-detect form of poisoning. For instance, ScienceBlogger Angry Toxicologist points out a recent study that found that “PFOS (the chemical that used to be the prime ingredient in Scotchgard) suppresses the immune system” of people even at the levels typically found within people’s bodies—and with no detectable level of toxicity. So if the study’s correct, many people could be getting sick from this chemical without it ever getting diagnosed.
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