They are in our clothes, on our non-stick pans, and on food packaging. And these molecular compounds aren’t going anyway for a while.
So-called “forever chemicals,” which describe a group of synthetic chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are found in hundreds of everyday products as well as more specialized materials like firefighting foam.
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(Source: Danny Freeman – NBC10 – March 15, 2022)