Threat evaluation of PFAS in home-produced eggs from the area Zuid-Holland south and the municipality of Altena within the Netherlands
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The RIVM continues to advise in opposition to consuming privately owned eggs within the South Holland South area and the municipality of Altena. This recommendation was beforehand given on December 21, 2023 as a precaution as a result of these eggs include many PFAS Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Non-public eggs come from chickens which might be stored as a interest. For instance in backyards, vegetable gardens, animal pastures and care and petting zoos. Residents can eat eggs from a retailer and from the market as a result of they include much less PFAS. It’s not but clear how the PFAS will get into these eggs. That’s now being investigated. The recommendation might change if the focus of PFAS in non-public eggs decreases.
The RIVM has assessed the danger of PFAS in non-public eggs from 31 places in eight municipalities across the chemical firm Chemours in Dordrecht. We’ve calculated how a lot PFAS individuals can ingest by means of these non-public eggs. This has been completed for various numbers of eggs per week. Folks ingest extra PFAS by means of eggs from 22 places than the health-based restrict worth for this group of drugs in the event that they eat one egg per week. On the different places, individuals can eat a most of 1 to 4 eggs per week with out exceeding this restrict. At one location it is a most of 15 eggs per week.
By consuming non-public eggs, individuals ingest numerous PFAS. This quantity is along with the quantity of PFAS that individuals within the Netherlands ingest by means of different meals and ingesting water. Folks already ingest extra PFAS by means of these meals and ingesting water than the health-based restrict worth for PFAS. If individuals ingest extra PFAS than the restrict worth for an extended time period, this may be dangerous to their well being.
The atmosphere round Chemours is contaminated with PFAS. Within the non-public eggs, primarily PFOS perfluorooctane sulfonates (perfluorooctane sulfonates) have been discovered, a kind of PFAS that Chemours – so far as is thought – has not emitted through the manufacturing processes. Non-public eggs might also include numerous PFAS outdoors the area studied. The RIVM due to this fact believes you will need to discover out which supply or sources trigger PFAS to get into the eggs. Based mostly on the present analysis, the RIVM can not make any statements concerning the consumption of personal eggs in the remainder of the Netherlands.
