PFAS chemicals

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4 mentions 2 recordings first heard Apr 2025 last heard 14 May ↑1 vs the 6 months before

Group of persistent synthetic chemicals linked to health risks and widely present in drinking water contamination reports.

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Sean RameswaramToday, Explained · All Quiet on the Climate Front · 10:39 · 14 May
…What we find in environmental protection is when we look at how dangerous something is, or we look at new chemicals like PFAS chemicals, that there are lots of public health hazards.…
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Dr. Aly CohenDhru Purohit Show · The Top 10 Toxins that Are Wreaking Havoc on Your Health and... · 5:34 · Apr 2025
…And so it's just something that we can easily swap, which is why I love some of these. You know, you're calling out great ones because these are the things that we can actually very inexpensively swap out. PFAS chemicals have a whole host of health effects that we want to avoid.…
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Dr. Aly CohenDhru Purohit Show · The Top 10 Toxins that Are Wreaking Havoc on Your Health and... · 5:11 · Apr 2025
…They're also used for, you know, rain gear to make things waterproof and greaseproof. So in a lot of fast food wrappers and a lot of fast food or food packaging. Okay. And the PFAS chemicals, there's over 15,000 of them now. But we certainly know that they're in nonstick pans, nonstick cookware, nonstick, you know, utensils even.…
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Dr. Aly CohenDhru Purohit Show · The Top 10 Toxins that Are Wreaking Havoc on Your Health and... · 4:48 · Apr 2025
…People use a lot of these products that are coated……
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