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Wild Boar Has Five Times More PFAS Than Humans Allowed to Eat
The liver of wild boars are bioindicators for the presence, types and concentrations of PFAS “forever chemicals” in sites with limited industrial and human activities.
Paul Henri Degrande via a Creative Commons licenseA new study has found that European wild boar, Sus scrofa, contains toxic PFAS (per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) at levels that are nearly five timesgreater than what is allowed under EU law in meat sold for human consumption. These man-made chemicals are toxic at extremely low levels (i.e. parts per quadrillion), and they pose significant risks to human health, including cancer, fertility issues and liver damage. “The level of contamination in the wild boar in the national park is a cause for concern,” said the co-lead author of the study, analytical biochemist Viktoria Müller, now a postdoctoral fellow at the James Hutton Institute.
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