The Chemical That Makes Fire Extinguishers Work

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PFAS is a chemical group at the end and the carbon and fluorine that makes them great at waterproofing things stain-proofing things water repelling things as well as quenching fires. So they're found in consumer goods waterproof makeup your pizza box why does the cheese on your pizza box just slide right off? It's because it has a chemical on it separating it but the one that i'm studying it's called perfluoro hexanoic acid so it's got a real ugly name a fluoro Hexanoic Acid.

I’m at the airport and there are hundreds of brain scientists everywhere. So I swallowed my dignity/anxiety and approached strangers about the neuroscience they do. The result is a bushel of info on cravings, sleep, consciousness, addiction, dopamine, monogamy, Ozempic, toxins in your brain and so much more with: Georgia Kirkpatrick, Isabella Montana, Dr. Marissa Co, Chancey Garrett, Noah Millman, Pique Choi, Dr. Barbara Sorg and Elizabeth Plunk. Oops, we just made a bunch of new friends. All thanks to poster tubes, a.k.a: nerdurdurs.

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