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A new study has uncovered a shocking link between PFAS — also known as “forever chemicals — and autism in men.
A new study published in Nature Microbiology has reported a naturally occurring family of bacterial species in the human gut ...
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What Are Forever Chemicals?
There's a new class of chemical that has been gaining notoriety lately known as forever chemicals, but what are they and why such an ominous name?
Research shows gut microbiome could help eliminate persistent PFAS that linger in bodies for years, as scientists work to ...
Learn more about the microbes that take in PFAS, the harmful, long-lasting chemicals that can hang out in the human body for ...
Cambridge scientists have spotted gut bacteria that greedily soak up PFAS “forever chemicals,” then ferry them safely out of ...
Short-chain PFAS chemical PFHxA causes anxiety and memory problems in male mice, challenging safety assumptions.
Boosting these particular species in our gut microbiome through specially-designed probiotics could protect us from the ...
"Forever chemicals" or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in consumer and industrial products ...
Scientists have demonstrated that select human gut bacteria can bioaccumulate and sequester PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, ...
Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has ...
A forever chemical known as TFA is accumulating in our environment, contaminating our rivers, food and even our wine.