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Environmental Toxicology (POISONS + TRAIN DERAILMENT) with Kimberly K. Garrett

Ologies with Alie Ward

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How Long Will PFAS Be in the Environment?

A cancer victim, testicular cancer twice, just won a $40 million lawsuit against DuPont for dumping PFAS in a river in West Virginia. They're known as forever chemicals because their carbon fluorine bonds are so strong. And that means that they can bind to protein and they can bio accumulate in your sweet soft body. Allologists are including Kim who is currently doing her postdoctoral studies at the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute (SEHRI)

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