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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Your body has such difficulty excreting them [PFAs and…”

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 11:44

Um, but talking. You know, one of the interesting things that I learned when we did the Dark Waters case is how dangerous these, these particular molecules are because Your body has such difficulty excreting them [PFAs and PFOAs]. And that's one of the reasons they call them forever chemicals. Can you explain that? Sure. So the earliest PFAS that were in manufacture were what we call 8 to 12 carbon chains of molecules. (11:44–12:00)

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Asserts that the human body struggles to excrete PFAs and PFOAs.

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