Right? If it just went up a bit I wouldn’t have blinked an eye. Ads on something I (technically my dear husband) already pay for just pisses me off. It feels like they’re holding ad-free viewing hostage

I turned off auto-correct because it changed "Mary"to “Mark.” Like… wtf!

Of course, now I’m being forced to type properly and learn to spell. Win situation for me, in reality, but it’s also super annoying

The problem is with how wide-spread it is, even if you get rid of it through blood donation you’re still going to pick it back up again by eating and drinking. There’s no escaping it; what we need is to stop using it, and figure out how to properly remove it from the environment.

It’s tough, though, because many daily use items in every industry and household contains them.

For now, the best we can do is avoid items made with them (to the best of our knowledge), filter all our water, avoid food sources known to contain high amounts of it, and spread the word

They’re in water, anything that uses that water, and cumulatively collected.

Not that I advocate eating whale, but people who eat whale are very likely to have high PFAs and should limit their consumption

Almost all of us have them in our bodies. They disrupt the immune system, particularly the parts that help remove cancer cells. Cancer of the liver, panceas and I forgot which other… (testicular maybe?) are the most common cancers to get from pfas exposure

Women/birthing people pass their pfas on to their children

Roger that

I’d think the reason for foot protection in a hospital setting is more to protect you from their illnesses, or drop damage (say, a needle or other sharp object)

I suppose I must confess. I’ve worked in dental, so I’m familair with sterilization proceedures/ ppe. I remember learning to wear hard shoes (hardly any one does in reality) to avoid what I mentioned above

It’s strange that employees would be barefoot, but I still don’t really see how feet are any more dangerous than any other part of the body, especially given that they’re surely not handling the materials with their feet!

I can accept that I’m wrong, it just seems strange to highlight the bare feet as a primary issue unless somehow the bacteria in the drops are a type most often found on feet

And now I’m imaging them all in a bus, driving upward from someone’s toes, with a bumper sticker that says:

“Destination: EyeDrops”

I see. I figuered as long as they’d wear hair nets, masks, coats and gloves it shouldn’t matter what’s going on with their feet- but I suppose that could make sense? Idk, It still feels like a strange thing to be fixated on…

I didn’t read the article, though

I don’t really see how people chosing to be barefoot has anything to do with their ability to make eye-drops, unless the aforementioned people are using their feet to do it