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Tiny gut “sponge” bacteria found to flush out toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” (www.sciencedaily.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's some evidence for the same mechanism of action reducing PFAS:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041008X24003879

https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-025-01165-8

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Welp, I'm having oats for breakfast tomorrow 😄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Just gotta make sure they aren’t already full of microplastics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Even better, those studies are testing dietary fibre generally, not just oats, so anyone eating their daily fruits and vegetables is already getting that benefit.