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Forever Chemicals: PFAS Plastic Particles Are In Your World and In Your Body
Find out why and what to do about the latest health risk to humans and animals
Polyfluoroalkyl substances — known as PFAS are found everywhere, including in the organs and tissues of every sentient being. You read that correctly. These forever chemicals have been building up in our world since the 1940s, and they aren’t going away anytime soon. It’s probably time we become more seriously aware of the situation.
What are PFAS?
In general, Polyfluoroalkyl substances are chemicals used in the manufacture of practically everything. They are plastics. We know plastics take forever to break down. For those reasons, the particles are now found intact in nearly all people’s and animals’ blood.
What a comforting idea. Scientists and medical professionals are finding that exposure to at least some PFAS may cause or exacerbate harmful health effects in humans and animals. That’s you and me, your kids, and your dog.
“There’s been almost no place scientists have looked where they have not found PFAS,” said Jamie C. DeWitt, PhD a toxicologist from East Carolina University.
