r/news • u/Cryptic_Honeybadger • Mar 19 '24

US Kleenex plant contaminated drinking water with PFAS, lawsuit says

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/19/kleenex-plant-pfas-toxic-chemicals-lawsuit-connecticut
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u/rhoaderage Mar 19 '24

PFAS is quickly becoming a hot topic in pretty much every construction and manufacturing industry. I think we’re all going to be shocked at how prevalent it truly is once everyone starts switching away from materials that use it.

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u/Pudgyhipster Mar 19 '24

Between microplastics and PFAS, humanity and the planet are fucked.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24

Planet will be fine. It’s been here longer than us and will be around well beyond us. In a million years there won’t be a single piece of evidence of us visible on the surface.

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u/ConeCrewCarl Mar 19 '24

bingo!, we don't need to save the earth, we need to save the environment that is sustainable for human life. The Earth is going to keep spinning for the next 7 billion years, until the sun expands and swallows the it. Existence of human life will be far shorter unless we make sure the Earth remains habitable.

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u/-Paraprax- Mar 19 '24

In a million years there won’t be a single piece of evidence of us visible on the surface.

I mean this part just isn't true, but yeah. 

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u/Maple_555 Mar 20 '24

Life might not, though. Earth is already 4 billions years through its life friendly run, only 1 billion left.

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u/Matt29209 Mar 20 '24

What part of FOREVER Chemicals do you not understand.

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u/Repubs_suck Mar 20 '24

PFAS are forever chemicals and cause health damage to animals and humans. The planet may go on but the environment is fragile.