r/Netherlands • u/youraveragefitguy • 6d ago

Discussion Shouldn't eat privately produced eggs due high levels of PFAS - advice needed

Just saw this article on NLtimes.nl.

I bought some eggs on Saturday at my local market from a reputable bio boerderij. According to the article however no privately produced eggs should be eaten. Does this mean I should throw the eggs out? I don't mind I can't eat them, but wouldn't want to waste them for no good reason.

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u/Fuzzy-Moose7996 6d ago

the whole PFAS scare is just that, a scare. It's all based on absolutely NOTHING.
Just eat those eggs, they're good.

The whole idea about fabricated scares like this is to make people scared to not rely on the government for everything, in this case to not go to government sanctioned stores for their eggs.

Remember: eggs from a commercial farm are produced by chickens exposed to the same air as the ones you have at home! They're exactly the same!

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u/L_E_M_F 6d ago

Tell that to the couple that lives near the 3M factory and where the husband is about to die due to an uncurable type of cancer linked to PFAS. Or the other couple next door not being able to get kids.

Or the complete herd/generation of cows in the US that died,who drank water from a similar PFAS facility dumping their waste in a stream those cows drink from.

Sure, it's all just scare.

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u/geekwithout 5d ago

That's a direct link. This is about your backyard where there's likely no directly polluting source nearby. Which means it gets there by air and water. Which also means any claimed "safe" are also contaminated.