Most of us are walking around with an array of poorly understood chemicals in our bloodstreams and livers an unintended consequence of the great 20th century heyday of chemical innovation. They're so stable they've been dubbed "forever chemicals". That means that even if we stop producing them today, some might still course through people's veins centuries from now. We're barely regulating them, even though their harms have become better-known.
“The only word I can come up with is gobsmacked,” said Wendy Thomas, recalling her reaction when she opened the lab report after getting her blood tested for PFAS. “Numb. Raw.”
“The only word I can come up with is gobsmacked,” said Wendy Thomas, recalling her reaction when she opened the lab report after getting her blood tested for PFAS. “Numb. Raw.”
“The only word I can come up with is gobsmacked,” said Wendy Thomas, recalling her reaction when she opened the lab report after getting her blood tested for PFAS. “Numb. Raw.”
Several of the train cars that derailed in Ohio contained toxic chemicals that are used to make plastic products. We discuss the environmental and health impacts of these chemicals and our growing reliance on plastics.