The forever chemicals in your blood

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The Biden administration has new plans to reduce the amount of PFAS or “forever chemicals” in America’s drinking water. Barbara Moran, WBUR’s climate and environmental correspondent, explains why that will only get us so far. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Haleema Shah, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Forever chemicals are everywhere.
0:03.6	Okay, so the big one is drinking water.
0:08.7	You go into the bathroom.
0:10.0	It can be in soap, shampoo, conditioner, hand lotion, dental floss, which I hate because
0:16.9	then that's in your teeth, right?
0:18.4	Oh, they're in my teeth.
0:22.8	Cosmetics are really bad.
0:23.8	A lot of waterproof cosmetics, which is actually a deal breaker for a lot of women I
0:28.0	talk to.
0:29.1	The other big place is the kitchen.
0:30.6	Okay, nonstick cookware, take out containers, your food really high in a lot of fish.
0:38.3	And then in the living room, there might be like stain proofing on the carpet, stain proofing
0:42.8	on the upholstery, in the dust bunnies.
0:46.2	There's forever chemicals in the dust bunnies.
0:48.8	Yeah, and it's also in breast milk.
0:54.2	Coming up on today, explained the Biden administration wants to do something about
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