Ua hōʻike ʻia e CNN ua loaʻa ʻo PFAS, nā kemika weliweli, i loko o ka ʻeke meaʻai ma nā hale ʻaina meaʻai wikiwiki kaulana a me nā kaulahao.Wahi a kahi noiʻi hōʻike mea kūʻai aku i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻApelila, loaʻa nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka PFAS i loko o ka waihona meaʻai ma Nathan's Famous, Cava, Arby's, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Stop & Shop, a me Sweetgreen.

Hoʻohana maʻamau ʻia ka PFAS i ka ʻeke meaʻai e pale ai i ka leaka o ka aila a me ka wai mai nā pahu meaʻai a me nā kīʻaha inu.Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke kaiapuni a ua hoʻopili ʻia i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka cholesterol kiʻekiʻe i loko o ke kanaka, hoʻololi ʻia nā enzymes o ka ate, ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻi kīkī, a me nā pilikia hou no nā pēpē a me nā wahine hāpai.

Ma lalo o ka hopena o COVID-19, ke neʻe nei ka ʻai honua a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka pūnaewele a ke hilinaʻi nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ka lawe ʻana a me ka lawe ʻana i nā hale kūʻai.No laila, ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hoʻopili ʻana no ka lawe ʻana i ka meaʻai no laila e hōʻeha ka PFAS i ka ʻai meaʻai i nā mea kūʻai.I ka hōʻike hōʻike hōʻike o nā mea kūʻai aku o 2018 a me 2020, ʻo ka ʻeke meaʻai wikiwiki a kokoke i ʻelua hapakolu o nā pahu pahu lawe pepa i loaʻa nā pae ʻino o ka PFAS.A hiki i kēia mau mea kemika ke neʻe mai ka pepa i ka meaʻai, e piʻi aʻe ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka mahana o ka meaʻai a hoʻohana ʻia nā mea hoʻopili no ka manawa lōʻihi.

ʻO ka hui ʻo JUDIN he mea hana ʻoihana o nā ʻōnaehana pepa kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe no ka lawelawe meaʻai a me ka ʻoihana meaʻai.ʻOi aku ma mua o 90% o kā mākou huahana i lawe ʻia i ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika.Hana mākou i kahi pahu pepa piha piha, PFAS manuahi.Inā makemake ʻoe i nā laʻana, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona mai iā mākou!