This is a non-story, of the popular "Mass spectrometer detects trace amount of substance X in apparently alarming place Y, reporter utterly fails to contextualize what 'trace amount' means" genre.https://twitter.com/thebrandedgirl/status/1000064044118827008 …
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Note that the subhed says "off the coast of Seattle", but the article says the mussels were transplanted to "urban locations". Furthermore, mussels in only 3 of those 18 locations tested positive, which strongly suggests levels were barely detectible.
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Let's review:
Take filter feeders that naturally accumulate pollutants.
Transplant into 'urban locations'.
Get probably-microscopic positive readings at 3 out of 18 locations, negative at 15 of 18.
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filter-feeders are specifically used to get data on stuff that's otherwise completely undetectable within the parameters of the test instrument, so, yeah
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Yup, this is an old script at this point, and it's bullshit.
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