Environmental+Dangers

PFOA has been detected in industrial waste and consumer products including stain resistant carpets, microwave popcorn bags, food packaging, and Teflon. These products release fluoridated alcohol into the atmosphere and water. Animals then ingest and breath PFOA, and then it subsequently moves up the food chain. The rapid spread of PFOA has reached all over the world and in a large variety of species. It has been detected in Alaskan polar bears, eagles, egrets, bottle-nose dolphins, whales, swordfish, otters, and many more. The chemical was found in the blood and liver of each animal and in high concentrations. Many tests showed links that widely used chemicals cause liver cancer, breast cancers, pancreatic tumors and testicular tumors in animals.