1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240 I have my same format as always. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:06,400 So we got feel good, which includes UFOs because they make us feel good. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,760 We got feel bad now with even more bad news. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,640 And the bad news is outweighing the good news at this point. 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:19,120 Feeling uncertain can't choose between good or bad feelings and now restocked feeling science. 6 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:20,320 I'm just curious. 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,000 Are feeling uncertain and can't choose between good and bad? 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,560 Different categories is that one category? 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,640 No, they're different categories actually. 10 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,160 Oh, huh. 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:36,000 Well, I actually intended to do a feel bad for my intro article for the week, 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,600 but it's behind a paywall. 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,240 So I feel like the people need their feeling bad news. 14 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,080 Now, figures cross is not behind it. 15 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,680 Okay, here we go. 16 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:49,920 This is from people.com and it is by Vanessa Etienne, July 7th, 2020. 17 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:51,280 I can't say it. 18 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,600 2023. 19 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:54,400 The tough word. 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:56,720 It got me. 21 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:03,360 Cancer causing forever chemicals found in nearly half of US tap water study finds. 22 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:04,080 Let's read it. 23 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,640 Nearly half of the country's tap water could be contaminated with cancer causing forever 24 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,560 chemicals according to a new study. 25 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:16,640 A study released Wednesday by the US Geological Survey found that at least 45% of tap water 26 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:22,240 in the United States is estimated to have one or more types of purr and polyfluoryl alcohol. 27 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,200 Substances. 28 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,560 That's a tongue twister. 29 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,640 Yeah, that's why we just say PFOS. 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,360 Yeah, I like sounded it out actually. 31 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:36,080 The United States Environmental Protection Agency states that PFOS and purr and polyfluoryl alcohol 32 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,760 substances aren't close the same. 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,840 I guess not if they're saying they're not. 34 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:40,960 We're not the scientists. 35 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:42,640 We're just saying what the scientists say. 36 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,120 I don't think people is the scientists either. 37 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:46,640 Are you sure? 38 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:47,760 People are scientists. 39 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,040 In fact, all scientists I know are people. 40 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,640 The magazine, right? 41 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:53,680 No, it's the website. 42 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,040 It's different. 43 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:56,160 Okay, I had to have a drink. 44 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,440 That 2023 really? 45 00:01:58,720 --> 00:01:58,880 Yeah. 46 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,040 There was a real curve ball right at the start. 47 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:03,680 Okay, so back to this. 48 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:09,040 Are a group of about 14,000 mad made chemicals that are very persistent in the environment 49 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,960 and in the human body, meaning they don't break down and they can accumulate over time. 50 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,280 We already knew that if you've been listening to Journey to the Fringe for any amount of time. 51 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,360 Forever chemicals, blah, blah, blah, last years without breaking down. 52 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:27,200 So the USGS said the study is the first to test for PFAS in tap water from both private 53 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:34,480 and public water supplies, testing 716 locations across the country between 2016 and 2021. 54 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:35,840 Said it perfectly that time. 55 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,520 Oh yeah, those are easy compared to 2020. 56 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:38,320 Those were easy. 57 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,560 2023 is the one that's difficult. 58 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,440 Hard one. 59 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:42,160 Yeah. 60 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,040 Of the locations, both rural and urban areas, 61 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:50,480 447 rely on public water supplies and 269 rely on private wells. 62 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:56,240 Scientists estimate that there is about a 75% chance of PFAS being found in rural areas 63 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,360 and about a 25% chance in urban areas. 64 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:04,160 High exposure areas were reported in the Great Plains, Great Lakes, Eastern Seaboard, 65 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:06,720 and Central Southern California regions. 66 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:12,240 USGS scientists tested water collected directly from people's kitchen sinks across the nation, 67 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:17,120 providing the most comprehensive study to date on PFAS in tap water from both private 68 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:24,000 wells and public supplies, said USGS research hydrologist Kenny Kelly Smolling, the study's 69 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:24,800 lead author. 70 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,920 The study estimates that at least one type of PFAS of those that were monitored could be 71 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:32,720 present in nearly half of all tap water in the US. 72 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,760 Furthermore, PFAS concentrations were similar between public supplies and private wells. 73 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:42,400 The EPA regulates public water supply while private water supplies are maintained, 74 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,240 tested, and treated by homeowners. 75 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,320 Anyone interested in testing and treating private wells should contact their local and 76 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,560 state officials for guidance as testing is the only way to confirm the presence of PFAS 77 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,120 in wells. 78 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,040 Might as well just finish off with this. 79 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,880 If the average American is worried about the quality of their drinking water, they can 80 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,120 use this and other studies to get informed, evaluate their own risk, and reach out to 81 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,840 their local health official about testing or treatment. 82 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:06,720 The end. 83 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,720 One thing that I pulled from that, because we grew up in an area where many of our neighbors 84 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:17,120 and friends had well water, where they say that private wells are individually monitored 85 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,320 by the people that own the house, you damn well know most of the people that actually 86 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,120 own wells aren't actually looking into their PFAS levels or maintaining anything other 87 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:26,560 than drinkability. 88 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,200 And even then well watered man, does that not taste right? 89 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:29,760 It's poor. 90 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,400 No, it does not taste good. 91 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,920 It's full of nutrients. 92 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,560 Yeah, probably not drinking that well water. 93 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:42,480 No, the fact that the level in the well water is basically on par with the treated water, 94 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:48,800 in my mind says that either A, it's almost impossible to pull it out, or B, we just haven't 95 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:53,200 been thinking about it and find it just too depressing to actually try to take plastics 96 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,160 out of our water. 97 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,880 If I know anything about humans, it's definitely that one, the second one. 98 00:04:58,880 --> 00:04:59,920 That's just too sad. 99 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:00,320 Yeah. 100 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:01,840 Ignore it and it'll go away. 101 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:02,560 It's sad. 102 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:03,040 Yeah. 103 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:08,400 So I just thought that I'm starting to see PFAS talked about more and more everywhere and 104 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:13,040 I'm not sure it's just because we talk about it now and my ears kind of perk up whenever 105 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,760 I hear it or it's actually getting out there more. 106 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,040 Oh yeah, no, it's the leaded gasoline of our generation. 107 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,560 It's just everywhere. 108 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:21,280 Yeah, it is. 109 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:25,520 When we look back at this era, should future generations survive? 110 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,600 That's going to be the thing that we're remembered for. 111 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:28,320 PFAS? 112 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,000 Yeah, PFAS being everywhere. 113 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,560 Possibly many other things too that we don't even know about at this point, or just all 114 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,800 the arsenic that's in many places as well. 115 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,560 But that's what we're going to be remembered for mostly is that there's this dangerous 116 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,560 level of plastics just everywhere, literally in our bloodstreams. 117 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:45,520 Yeah, that's true. 118 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,440 It's disturbing and boomers are going to be known for ruining the housing market and 119 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:50,880 bring much everything else. 120 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:51,840 Three boomers. 121 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,080 That's all I got. 122 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,560 You do bring up a good point in that I am worried that it's becoming too mainstream for a fringe 123 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,520 topic, so we're going to keep an eye on this to make sure. 124 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,680 And if it's too stream, we'll cut it out. 125 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,240 You'll hear nothing from us ever again. 126 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,240 Because that's all we had. 127 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,200 But that's probably good enough for a Fringy Mini. 128 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,960 Thank you guys all for tuning in. 129 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,720 We look forward to serving you more of our fringiness on Friday. 130 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:28,720 See you Friday.