Hunting animals in populated areas increases the risk of consuming organs with PFAS and heavy metal contamination. — Whalespan
Hunting animals in populated areas increases the risk of consuming organs with PFAS and heavy metal contamination.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“unfortunately in many of these highly populated or population adjacent areas like the midwest if you're hunting animals there or the northeast if you're hunting animals there there are sources of contamination these animals are getting into which could lead to both pfas exposure and heavy metal exposure”