{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chemistry For Your Life","title":"What are \"forever\" chemicals? (aka PFAs) And are they bad? (PFAS part 1)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2659,"description":"#167\n\nHave you heard of \"forever\" chemicals? Or PFAS, or PFOAS, or Teflon, or a bunch of other associated names and labels? Or have you ever used nonstick cookware, or a modern rain coat, or the countless other items that use PFAS today? Well if you couldn't tell by the questions, it's almost certain that you have interacted with PFAS in your life. What are they? Why are they everywhere? Is it a big deal? Let's get into it.\nReferences from this Episodehttps://youtu.be/tqKEG5LxPiY?t=189shttps://cen.acs.org/policy/chemical-regulation/define-PFAS/100/i24#https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(18)65805-3/pdfhttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/em/d0em00291g#!divAbstracthttps://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfashttps://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(18)65805-3/pdfWe want to give a special thanks to Bri McAllister for illustrating molecules for some episodes! Please go check out Bri’s art, follow and support her at entr0pic.artstation.com and @McAllisterBri on twitter!\nCheck out our website at chemforyourlife.com\nWatch our episodes on YouTube\nFind us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.\nWant to start your own podcast? Use Transistor and you'll have the best podcast platform available. We use it and we are totally in love with it.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lu4HbLHuTW1O_8BhDI8VZ5qX3dCXZvibQi2muYIvp5w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwOTkvMTY2Njgy/NzQwMS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}