From carpets to toilet paper, these persistent manufacturing chemicals are everywhere. Here's what to know.
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One straightforward solution is to keep your house as clean as possible. “The best thing for the dust is to clean it up,” says Segedie. “You need to, get rid of it as much as you possibly can—especially if you have little children, because those babies are far more vulnerable to these persistent chemicals than we are as adults.”Many carpets are designed to be stain- and water-resistant and the chemicals used to give them those properties are filled with PFAS.
It’s not just the carpets that contain PFAS, it’s the padding underneath. In 2021, Mamavation conducted aof two new brands of carpeting and found them PFAS-free. But the rubbery padding did not fare so well. “No one’s looking into the padding,” says Segedie. “Carpeting’s getting better. But the padding? That’s still a problem.”All manner of food packaging, from plastics to grease-resistant paper to pizza boxes are loaded with PFAS, and what gets into the packaging can leach into the food.
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