Chinese scientists demonstrate complete mineralization of the persistent pollutant PFOA.

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1. Errata.

In my original post here, to which I referred this morning, I noticed that a typo existed, the word not having been missed in the statement, here corrected,

The compounds do accumulate in tissue, particularly adipose tissue, and they do not degrade in tissue, nor are they generally excreted.

Like lead, PFOA, thus accumulates over a lifetime of eating contaminated food.