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by Eigenstate 1089 days ago
That's hardly an apples to apples comparison. A typical American has around 100 ng/mL selenium in their blood. By your logic, that's a toxic heavy metal that's ten times as bad as PFAS in terms of concentration. It's actually an essential cofactor in many biological processes. I'm not implying PFAS is harmless, but the dose makes the poison and it depends what biological processes are being interfered with.