Os PFAS are a class of about 14 chemicals typically used to make thousands of consumer products resist water, stains and heat. They are called “eternal chemicals” because they do not break down naturally and are linked to cancer, fetal complications, liver disease, kidney disease, autoimmune disorders and other serious health problems.
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The study looked at 21 major toilet paper brands in North America, Western Europe, Africa, Central America and South America, but did not name them.
The report did not consider the health implications of people cleaning themselves with contaminated toilet paper. O PFAS It can be absorbed through the skin, but there is no research into how it can enter the body during the hygiene process.
Brands that opted for recycled paper had both PFAS as those who did not use it and, according to one of the main authors of the study, Jake Thompson, when The Guardian (*), “There may be no way to avoid PFAS in toilet paper".
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