Two ‘forever chemicals’ have been linked to higher rates of aggressive breast cancer, scientists warn

550 points by theindependentonline 22 hours ago on reddit | 8 comments

Daeveed | 20 hours ago

“The chemicals are known as perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS. While they are no longer made in the U.S., they are two of the thousands of manmade “forever chemicals” that have been used the most in America, the American Cancer Society says.”

Mustard_Icecream | 9 hours ago

I'm sure the companies responsible will help out all the people they've hurt. Right?

ermagawd | 19 hours ago

Great, I worked with PFOS in a lab like 6 years ago and I the PPE was not the greatest

yulbrynnersmokes | 15 hours ago

Wear a pink 3m logo if you’re responsible

AsstronaughtToUranus | 19 hours ago

My gawd, would you look at the size of those mammaries in the thumbnail

murderedbyaname | 17 hours ago

Those are the images taken in a mammogram imaging machine, which presses the breast as flat as possible to get the best imaging.

eskjcSFW | 18 hours ago

I think just having more of something also ups the risks

murderedbyaname | 2 hours ago

No, it doesn't.