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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “PFAs and PFOAs are what we call forever chemicals.”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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The War on Microplastics with Dr. Leo Trasande

Published | Video Starts at 11:59

Contact with food, contact with the environment, with the water supply. And yet we know now, unfortunately, that these chemicals leach directly into our bodies. You're talking about PFAs and PFOAs are what we call forever chemicals. Yes, and these are the plastic constituents. They can also be inflamed retardants, as you pointed out, and in glues. And those are also ubiquitous in the environment. Um, but talking. (11:59–12:03)

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