A group of scientists is warning that a common chemical found almost everywhere has shown itself to be “one of the most toxic substances ever identified” and could have serious effects on both human health and the environment.
In a release published to Science Daily, the Geological Society of America announced that tackling Per-/poly-fluroalkyl substances, or PFAS, will be the main focus during the the Geological Society of America’s 2020 Annual Meeting. The society hopes to alert the population about the dangers of what they have called a “forever chemical.”
One of the main challenges is that PFAS are almost ubiquitous in modern life and are often used in industrial settings. Described as a class of over 3000 compounds, they are used in goods such as firefighting foam, car wax, and even fast-food wrappers. Moreover, scientists are warning that they have only begun to scratch the surface of how damaging PFAS are, especially since they don’t degrade like other materials.
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