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Right now we're all on edge because of the coronavirus.

And yes, it is scary, but you know what helps me sleep at night?

Is remembering that there are a million other things that could kill me first.

Yeah, there's car accidents or fires or that suicide pact

that made with my best friend in high school if we weren't married by now.

But luckily, the US government recently took action to cross one potential killer of the list.

The US Environmental Protection Agency is targeting PFAS chemicals

and its new proposal for a national drinking water standard.

PFAS are toxic chemicals linked to serious diseases like

oh, cancer, liver damage and thyroid disease.

And guess what? They never, ever, ever degrade.

In fact, they're known as forever chemicals.

They're so prevalent CDC scientists believe PFAS chemicals

are in the bloodstreams of nearly all Americans.

Yeah, apparently there's a group of chemicals called

who has that are in all of our blood and it might cause cancer.

And because they're impossible to break down, they're known as forever chemicals,

which sounds really dangerous, but also kind of romantic.

It does. It sounds like something from an old school R&B song.

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