Alternatives to PFAS in Textiles and Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency, several academic publications including Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and doctors have established concrete correlation between PFAS exposure and reproductive harm, cancer, and a litany of chronic diseases.
PFAS exposure occurs most frequently through contamination of water or air. For goods like textiles, water or stain-repellant PFAS coatings can be washed away over time into water streams. Farmers use PFAS in pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers to increase nutrient penetration or longevity. Applied PFAS then wash into soil and waterways.
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