{"id":217701,"date":"2023-12-17T09:10:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=217701"},"modified":"2023-12-17T09:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T09:10:17","slug":"the-european-country-with-sea-water-that-has-toxic-effect-on-immune-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/the-european-country-with-sea-water-that-has-toxic-effect-on-immune-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"The European country with sea water that has ‘toxic effect’ on immune systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A European country across the North Sea from the UK has issued a warning to stop children and pets swallowing seawater at several popular resorts because it is polluted with ‘forever chemicals’.<\/p>\n

Dutch health figures are worried the ocean is contaminated with PFAS chemicals, so-call ‘forever chemicals’ which do not degrade naturally and are resistant to heat, oil, stains, grease, and water.<\/p>\n

More than 9,000 types of the polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances exist and were developed for everything from firefighting foam to the non-stick coating on cooking pans.<\/p>\n

Now Dutch and Belgium towns along the Low Countries North Sea coast are worried the man-made pollutant could be ingested and cause harm to the population.<\/p>\n

In the popular seaside town of Zandvoort, in Holland, traces of PFAS chemicals have been discovered, and also in the towns of Egmond, Katwijk, Scheveningen, Texel. In Belgium too worrying amounts have been detected.<\/p>\n

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The Guardian reports Mark Habers, the Dutch minister for water management told parliament: \u201cIt is sensible to have a shower after swimming, wash your hands before eating, and not to let children and pets swallow any sea foam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe RIVM (Dutch health ministry) has previously established that people in the Netherlands are already too exposed to PFAS. A large amount comes from food and drinking water.<\/p>\n

“Every route through which people ingest more PFAS is undesirable, including via sea foam.\u201d<\/p>\n

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