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‘Forever chemicals’: what are PFAS and what risk do they pose?

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2022-02-08

PFAS are a family of thousands of human-made substances – nicknamed “forever chemicals” because they do not break down in the environment – that have been widely used since the 1940s in a huge range of everyday consumer products and industrial processes.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/08/what-are-pfas-forever-chemicals-what-risk-toxicity