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PFAS Found in Our Blood: What Can You Do? 'Eating the Same Food Always Increases Your Risk of Harmful Substances'
PFAS chemicals are present in the environment, consumer products, and food, with everyone in the Netherlands having detectable levels in their blood. Toxicologist Majorie van Duursen from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam notes that while intake exceeds health norms, acute illness is not immediate, and individual blood testing is not recommended as there is little one can do to eliminate existing exposure. Wieke van der Vossen of the Voedingscentrum advises maintaining a balanced and varied diet to reduce the risk of accumulating harmful substances, emphasizing that eating fish once a week remains beneficial despite PFAS presence because the cardiovascular benefits outweigh the risks.
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