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PFAS: The secret toxins in your body

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Tim Schauenberg
March 12, 2021

What does a rain jacket or a pan have to do with our health and environment? A lot. They can contain "forever chemicals”, which are seriously harmful and never degrade.

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We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world and challenges the way we are dealing with climate change.

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