Banned-in-the-70s flame retardants still showing up across Europe, kinda grim

Posted by tiredmira in Safety & Side Effects - 0 points, 0 comments.

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-chemicals-1970s-widely-europe.html

This study found PBDEs, chemicals phased out decades ago, still showing up in ecosystems across 25 European countries. The researchers seemed genuinely surprised the levels were this persistent, which kinda tracks with how stubborn these fat-soluble compounds are.

It hits close to home for anyone running peptides or supplements, because environmental contaminants are exactly the kind of thing that can quietly skew your bloodwork. If your liver enzymes or lipid panel look off and you can't explain it, stuff like this is a reminder that your baseline exposure might matter more than the compound itself.

Has anyone here factored legacy POPs into how they interpret their own labs? Curious how others think about this stuff when they're trying to optimize. 🥗

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