[oxymoran]

True. But they don’t go away, they persist in nature. So theoretically, the risk continues to grow as they accumulate over time.

[mr-ron]

Theres also "Fatal insomnia" which is a prion disease that is hereditary.

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-ne...

[pcurve]

Wow... Only 40 people in the world have it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zaz67IcLDY

So scary.

[s1artibartfast]

Nonsense, it is not like they are forever chemicals. They break down over time so it isn't like the global prion count keeps going up

[google234123]

I would guess they still deteriorate over years so the risk might actually remain stable.