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NoPotatoes wrote

The PFAS levels detected are low enough to suggest the chemicals are used in the manufacturing process to prevent paper pulp from sticking to machinery, Thompson said. PFAS are often used as lubricants in the manufacturing process and some of the chemicals are commonly left on or in consumer goods.

Time to stop all these half solutions that focus on non-point sources, and just shut down 3M's PFAS manufacturing capabilities.

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fortmis wrote

Wow our poor poor buttholes :(

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roanoke9 wrote

They are in rainwater. Ubiquitous. Making note they are also in toilet paper seems like counting the instances of rat droppings in a house buried in rat droppings.

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roanoke9 wrote

Ps, forever chemicals are probably in rat droppings. Not going to do a study btw, just going to assume this and act accirdingly based on the fact that they are in rainwater.

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Bezotcovschina wrote

When we need them most, where is Lettuce with all their ideas about ethical pooping?

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Majrelende wrote (edited )

Fun fact: You can use snow as toilet paper too! But apparently it also contains toxins. And it's cold. If you have nothing else...

Nevertheless, here is a list of alternatives.

  • Random twigs are preferable. Any kind, preferably dead, on the ground, and softened by water, and bent/broken in half in order to increase the surface area.
  • Certain leaves can work for faecal debris, if they are very substantial, such as beech. Take a whole handful from the ground. "Wild toilet paper leaves" are a disingenious myth, as live leaves too fragile to use properly, and water-repelling at that; only dead leaves from the ground are functional. [mostly true; read comments below]
  • A handful of soft hay, bent over itself.
  • A stone. You can flush this too, didn't you know?
  • Water. Especially, washing oneself afterwards.
  • Moss?
  • I don't know. Whatever you find.
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roanoke9 wrote

Lamb's ear's living leaves are both strong and feathery soft.

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Majrelende wrote

Good. They don't grow where I live, so I was not aware.

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roanoke9 wrote

Yeah, they are perennial in zones 4 to 9, and drought hardy too. Not sure of wild distribution but not uncommon as a landscape plant- if I didn't pick them in my yard, I know many public locations that have them too. They transplant easy, and grow from any cutting that has a portion of root.

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moonlune wrote

sock's a classic, but it only allows 2 poos per day.

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