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Acid rain "scare" went away because people were rightfully scared, they told the government to fix it, and the government told the industry to fix it (or else!), and the industry did fix it.

It would be GREAT ACHIEVEMENT if PFAS went the same way.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/501303/volume-of-sulfur-...

This is more likely to be similar to leaded gasoline. In a few decades we'll start to see the impact they caused after we successfully filter it out.

DDT is another example of bad things going on for decades that had severe repercussions. There's definitely something going on with wheat from America too, though I don't think it's been discovered/publicized.

What was the impact of leaded gasoline?

Lowered IQ, impulse control, and increased levels of aggression.

That's not a logical conclusion

The downvotes came! And it's not like you said something bad ...