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Comment Exemptions (Score 1) 126

having to click accept or reject on a cookie pop-up for every website you visit in Europe,

Not quite, there are exemptions in the cookie directive. No consent is required for session cookie, and even for analytics cookie if things are done correctly (i.e. not with a GAFA partner).

Submission + - Toxic "forever chemicals" found in 95% of beers tested in the U.S. (sciencedaily.com)

alternative_right writes: Forever chemicals known as PFAS have turned up in an unexpected place: beer. Researchers tested 23 different beers from across the U.S. and found that 95% contained PFAS, with the highest concentrations showing up in regions with known water contamination. The findings reveal how pollution in municipal water supplies can infiltrate popular products, raising concerns for both consumers and brewers.

Comment Re:Too High a Price for Benefits (Score 1) 29

PFAS are special here because they are quite hard to get rid of. The C-F bond is the most resistant that chemistry can produce, it is very hard to destroy. They are also very hard to excrete from the body: half-life of PFOA (the oldest PFAS) in your blood is several years. As a consequence, the accumulate in the environment and in living organisms, including human beings.

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