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“Unsettling new findings indicate that ‘nearly 98%’ of those tested in Queensland, Australia, have a detectable concentration” of forever chemicals in their bloodstreams, per a recent report in The Sydney Morning Herald.
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are part of a ‘large group’ of substances dubbed “forever chemicals,” so named because they persist both in nature and in the human body.
On May 27, the Australian Bureau of Statistics published national and state-specific data on PFAS blood levels in Australians over the age of 12, demonstrating that forever chemicals were ‘almost universally detectable in people.’
University of Sydney professor Stuart Khan talked to the outlet about the findings.” …