PFAS: Persistent, Non-reactive Chemicals

This is a Australia news story, published by Phys Org, that relates primarily to Martyn Kirk news.

Australia news

For more Australia news, you can click here:

more Australia news

Martyn Kirk news

For more Martyn Kirk news, you can click here:

more Martyn Kirk news

environmental science news

For more environmental science news, you can click here:

more environmental science news

Phys Org news

For more news from Phys Org, you can click here:

more news from Phys Org

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best science news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like environmental science news, you might also like this article about

PFAS pollution

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest many chemicals news, chemicals news, environmental science news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

PFAS Health Study

Phys Org

•

Science

"forever chemicals" known as PFAS can have a biological effect on humans

Summary

Nutrition label

83% Informative

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( PFAS ) are a group of thousands of synthetic chemicals.

They came into vogue in the 1950s and started appearing everywhere.

One common example is perfluorooctanoic acid ( PFOA ), which was used to produce Teflon .

Martyn Kirk is an epidemiologist at the Australian National University .

Health risks are greatest for those in communities where PFAS are present in the water supply or soil.

The National Health and Medical Research Council is expected to release final guidance on the acceptable level of four types of PFAS in drinking water in April .

The Australian Government has been working since 2002 to reduce how much PFAS used in Australia .

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech