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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (also PFAS, [1] PFASs, [2] and sometimes referred to as "forever chemicals" [3] [4]) are a group of synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms attached to an alkyl chain; there are 7 million such chemicals according to PubChem. [5]
Called "forever chemicals" because they bioaccumulate in the environment and don't break down in the body once consumed, this group of chemicals were once seen as a sort of technological miracle ...
Although the dangers of so-called forever chemicals are well-documented, these harmful substances have been detected in a range of personal care products used by consumers on a daily basis.
It is the first time a nationwide limit on so-called forever chemicals has been imposed on water providers. EPA Administrator Michael Regan called it the biggest action the agency has ever taken ...
[10] [11]: 278–288 According to a 1935 news item in the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry journal, the purpose of the du Pont facility was to thoroughly test all du Pont products as a public health measure to determine the effects of du Pont's finished products on the "health of the ultimate consumer " and that the products "are safe ...
The convention seeks to study and then judge whether or not a number of chemicals that have been developed with advances in technology and science can be categorized as POPs. The initial meeting in 2001 made a preliminary list, termed the "dirty dozen", of chemicals that are classified as POPs. [21]
At baseline, perfluorohexanoic acid is a forever chemical. That means it can build up in the body, with Peaslee noting that perfluorohexanoic acid “bioaccumulates” in the blood.
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is a synthetic organofluorine compound with the chemical formula CF 3 CO 2 H. It is a haloacetic acid, with all three of the acetyl group's hydrogen atoms replaced by fluorine atoms.