"Forever chemicals"– good, bad, or otherwise?
PFOA
This statement and others indicate that the Biden Administration has decided to use the PFAS issue for political purposes with the environmental community.
What is an MCL?
This statement is equivalent to being told not to wear your seat belt (which has saved 374,276 lives since 1975) because of the minuscule risk of a seat-belt related injury while driving.
These chemicals resemble fatty acids that we would normally be able to eat. But since they are fluorinated, they are resistant to water and are long-lasting (we cannot digest them).
If you've ever worked in a chemistry lab, you already know the answer: No. Or maybe yes. It depends on what you're looking to accomplish.
I have to give credit where credit is due. The activists at EWG know how to write excellent headlines.
A recent article discusses how finding PFAS contamination on a farm in Maine h
As I have written previously, PFOA is not naturally occurring.