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100,000 millions a year” (DKV salud y bienestar, 2018) which come with a
wrapping that contains perfluoroalkyls (PFAS) substances. An investigation held
in a Florida university claim and state that these products that contain chemical
compounds do not degrade while there in nature and that these are extremely
permanent and persistent. These products are highly dangerous for nature and
us human beings because it contains highly cancerous and in some occasions it
can cause sickness or lethal unsettling in a human beings body.
References:
DKV Salud y bienestar. ( 9 julio 2018). Fast food y contaminación ambiental. Recuperado de: https://360.dkvseguros.com/cambio-climatico/
fast-food-y-contaminacion
Public health Madison & dane county. (10 diciembre 2018). PFAS. Recuperado de: http://www.publichealthmdc.com
I. Rodriguez, G. Toor, A. Risinger. ( 2015 y 2018). Contaminantes en el medio ambiente urbano: Los perfluoroalquilos. UF IFAS Extension
University of Florida. SL418-Span. Páginas 1 al 5. Recuperado de: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/ss/ss64400.pdf
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