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   Significant levels of chemicals linked to an array of health problems have   
   been found in seafood, meats and chocolate cake sold in stores to US   
   consumers, the Food and Drug Administration has found.   
      
   The levels in nearly half of the meat and fish tested by researchers were   
   at least double the federal advisory level for perfluoroalkyl and   
   polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, a group of more than 4,700 synthetic   
   chemicals used for a variety of industrial purposes.   
      
   Meanwhile, the FDA report found much higher levels in the chocolate cake,   
   the Associated Press reported, with PFAS levels of more than 250 times the   
   federal guidelines.   
      
   PFAS have been in production since the second world war and are most   
   widely used to make non-stick cookware, food packaging, carpets, couches,   
   pizza boxes and firefighting foam. The ubiquity of PFAS means they are   
   found in virtually all Americans’ blood, as well as in the drinking water   
   of about 16 million people in the US.   
      
   Public health groups have criticized the Trump administration for not   
   acting more quickly to phase out the use of PFAS, with high levels of the   
   chemicals on US military bases causing heightened concern and lawsuits in   
   parts of the country.   
      
   Exposure to high levels of PFAS has been linked to cancers, liver   
   problems, low birth weight and other issues.   
      
   The compounds have been dubbed “forever chemicals” because they take   
   thousands of years to degrade, and because some accumulate in people’s   
   bodies.   
      
   The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier established a non-   
   binding health threshold of 70 parts per trillion for two phased-out forms   
   of the contaminant in drinking water.   
      
   The EPA has said it would consider setting mandatory limits instead after   
   the toxicology report and after federally mandated PFAS testing of water   
   systems found contamination. The administration has called dealing with   
   PFAS a “potential public relations nightmare” and a “national priority”.   
      
   “I know there are people who would like us to move faster” on PFAS, the   
   EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler, said on Monday at the National Press   
   Club. “We are addressing this much faster than the agency has ever done   
   for a chemical like this.”   
      
   The Associated Press contributed to this report   
      
   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/03/chemicals-seafood-meat-   
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