{"id":2901712,"date":"2023-04-06T13:18:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/?p=2901712"},"modified":"2023-04-06T13:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:18:23","slug":"what-are-forever-chemicals-pfas-2901712","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/what-are-forever-chemicals-pfas-2901712\/","title":{"rendered":"What you should know about ‘forever chemicals’"},"content":{"rendered":"
PFAS are potentially harmful chemicals that can be found in common, everyday products and most drinking water.<\/p>\n
They are known as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down over time, and health leaders across the country are concerned about the negative effects<\/a> of long-term exposure.<\/p>\n Here, scientists Martha Susiarjo, associate professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Jing (Jason) Wu, assistant professor of medicine and pharmacology\/physiology, share what they know about the chemicals and how they affect<\/a> our lives<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PFAS are potentially harmful chemicals that can be found in common, everyday products and most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14102,"featured_media":2901762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[469422],"class_list":["post-2901712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-health-medicine","tag-pfas","post_format-post-format-quote","university-university-of-rochester"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n