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What are ‘forever chemicals’ and why are they causing alarm?

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Are PFASs Just Too Widespread?

Some companies have decided just to phase it out anyway. McDonald said they would remove it from their food packaging. 3M, which is one of the biggest producers, made an announcement recently that they're planning to exit the PFAS market altogether. If we don't do something now, like regulate, we're really going to be hit with it when we actually understand the effects of these chemicals better once they've continued to build up.

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