forever chemicals

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Forever Chemicals

Forever chemicals is a colloquial term for a group of manmade chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). They are used in a wide range of products for their water- and grease-resistant properties, but they do not naturally degrade in the environment and can accumulate over time in the body.

Category
Environmental contaminants
Molecular Formula
Variable
Mechanism of Action
PFAS can accumulate and persist indefinitely in the environment and human body. They interact with various cellular pathways affecting immune response, metabolism, and hormone regulation.
Evidence Grade
Strong evidence for harm

Other Names

  • PFAS
  • PFOA
  • PFOS
  • Perfluorinated compounds

Primary Benefits

  • None - these compounds are generally harmful

Recommended Dosage

Min 0
Max 0
Unit mg/day

Side Effects

  • Potential carcinogen
  • Hormone disruption
  • Developmental issues in children
  • Liver damage
  • Thyroid disease

Precautions

  • Avoid products known to contain PFAS
  • Filter drinking water in areas with known contamination

Interactions

  • Unknown due to the broad range of products PFAS are found in

Key References

  • https://www.epa.gov/pfas/basic-information-pfas
  • https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects.html
Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health & Longevity | Dr. Ellen Langer
Enhancing Health Through Mindfulness, Placebos, Sleep, and Exercise Strategies 1:17:01 0
“function provides over 100 Advanced lab tests that give you a key snapshot of your entire bodily Health this snapshot offers you with insights on your heart health Hormone Health immune functioning nutrient levels and much more they've also recently added tests for toxins such as BPA exposure from harmful Plastics and tests for paases or forever chemicals”

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Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health & Longevity | Dr. Ellen Langer
Enhancing Health Through Mindfulness, Placebos, Sleep, and Exercise Strategies 1:49:53 0
“the pases or forever chemicals like Teflon have been linked to major health issues such as endocrine disruption that means hormone disruption gut microbiome disruption fertility issues and many other health problems so it's really important to avoid them”

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How to Increase Your Speed, Mobility & Longevity with Plyometrics & Sprinting | Stuart McMillan
Enhance Movement, Power, and Health with Plyometric and Sprinting Exercises 1:12:41 0
“they've also recently added tests for toxins such as BPA exposure from harmful Plastics and tests for paases or forever chemicals”

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Eric Topol Returns (on longevity) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Influence of Diet, Substances, Genetics, and Toxins on Health 55:11 0
“The most environmental toxins how serious of a concern are these environmental toxins I think it's very serious and the data I review you know the big three the the fine particulate air pollution you know less than 2.5 the microlastic nanoplastic story which is really troubling and then the forever chemicals you could add pesticides to that of course but so they're they're really troubling because if you watch the all the graphs they just keep getting higher higher higher burden.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 17:23 0
“BPA is one of the biggest ones um ps is now you know coming along because there's a lot of companies that are manufacturing and marketing BPA free um phalates are a big one those are also found in a lot of like personal hygiene products and cosmetics shampoos deodorants creams everything like anything personal hygiene and um and then there's there's also the forever chemicals P those are also found in a variety of of um things that are water resistant oil repellent you know anything like that.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 56:09 0
“the inside of the bags of microwave popcorn are lined with forever chemicals because it takes our body like two to five years to get rid of them and they are carcinogens”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 1:03:23 0
“the beta glucans which is by the way a fermentable type of uh fiber they were they actually caused excretion of the forever chemicals pasas in animals which is something that doesn't happen so they increase the um excretion through it's this whole mechanism that affects like your your your liver your your bile acid and liver and cholesterol and all this like fancy stuff that you know might be confusing to explain but essentially that's been shown to um increase the excretion of forever chemicals.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 1:12:37 0
“we're talking about forever chemicals right and how humans don't excrete them for like years”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 1:12:43 0
“forever chemicals are because they're in our water source right again Wastewater plants aren't treating for them so they're concentrating in things like sludge that's used on a lot of non-organic Farms”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 1:14:06 0
“Consumer Report found that lots of products including the organic ones had much much higher levels of P than are considered safe”

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