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PFAS ("Forever Chemicals") and Diet: What's the Evidence?
PFAS are persistent industrial chemicals that bioaccumulate up the food chain — and seafood, eggs, and meat are the dominant dietary sources for most...
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Heavy Metals in Diet: Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic, Lead
Heavy metal exposure is real on every diet, but the profiles differ. Animal foods drive mercury (predatory fish) and contribute meaningfully to...
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Microplastics (with cautious framing)
Microplastics are pervasive in air, water, and many foods; exposure is not solved by any single diet. However, bioaccumulation can occur across...
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Bioaccumulation: toxins and POPs
Many persistent organic pollutants (e.g., dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs) are lipophilic and bioaccumulate up the food chain, concentrating in animal fats....
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Foodborne illness and animal products
Many major foodborne pathogens are commonly associated with animal products (e.g., Salmonella in poultry/eggs, Campylobacter in poultry, certain E....
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Antibiotic use in food animals is widely recognized as a contributor to antimicrobial resistance, which threatens human health. Global analyses...
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Zoonotic disease risk and intensive animal agriculture
Many zoonotic risks are linked to human–animal interfaces, including intensive farming and live animal markets. Some analyses argue animal agriculture...
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