Read the full article by Saul Elbein (The Hill)
“An accelerating move by industry to transition off of hazardous ‘forever chemicals’ poses its own dangers, a new paper has found.
But coordination, creative thinking and a proactive approach can help guide a speedy transition to safer materials while avoiding a “regrettable” pivot to equally harmful chemicals, researchers wrote Thursday in Science.
The article focuses on both the urgency and difficulty of replacing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a broad class of 10,000-plus synthetic chemicals with wide and destructive impacts on the human body.”…