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@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot
2025-06-16 16:00:25

@… It's not looking good for Scotland's rivers 😳

Very wordy and complicated graphic; the takeaway for this post is that it's not looking good for Scotland's rivers!

Background PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), known as ‘forever chemicals’, are a group of 10,000+ chemicals known to be highly persistent, with growing evidence of harm to human and environmental health. Trifluoracetic acid (TFA) is a mobile, short-chain PFAS which can be formed from the partial breakdown of other PFAS, including those used in some pesticides and refrigerants. With widespread PFAS use, TFA concentrations have risen drastically over the past decade, prompting scientifi…