What are "forever" chemicals? (aka PFAs) And are they bad?

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Have you heard of "forever" chemicals? Or PFAs, or PFOAs, or Teflon, or a bunch of other associated names and labels? Or have you ever used nonstick cookware, or a modern rain coat, or the countless other items that use PFAs today? Well if you couldn't tell by the questions, it's almost certain that you have interacted with PFAs in your life. What are they? Why are they everywhere? Is it a big deal? Let's get into it.We want to give a  special thank you to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for this weeks episode! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!References from this Episode https://youtu.be/tqKEG5LxPiY?t=189s https://cen.acs.org/policy/che....mical-regulation/def https://www.jbc.org/article/S0....021-9258(18)65805-3/ https://pubs.rsc.org/en/conten....t/articlelanding/202 https://www.fda.gov/food/envir....onmental-contaminant https://www.jbc.org/article/S0....021-9258(18)65805-3/
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