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Chemical industry documents show that PFAS manufacturers used tobacco industry tactics to suppress public knowledge of the health hazards.

Secretly held documents from the two most prominent manufacturers of 'forever chemicals' show that industry leaders knew of the harmful health effects of some per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) long before they told the public.

195 new bills have been introduced in state legislatures this year to require that an expanding list of products be forever chemical-free.

In a shocking revelation, it was found that PFAS, or forever chemicals, have already been documented 21 years ago despite being only recently revealed. Read more here.

“Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,” (PFAs) also known by the moniker of forever chemicals, have pervaded every part of the world. Now, a new study has revealed that the makers of these chemicals knew about their toxicity and did nothing.

This is the first time that researchers have examined PFAS documents spanning 45 years (1961 to 2006). 

DuPont and 3M knew the dangers of the ‘forever chemicals’ used in many products they manufacture decades before concerns became public.

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The chemical industry took a page out of the tobacco playbook when they discovered and suppressed their knowledge of health harms caused by exposure to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), according to an analysis of previously secret industry documents by UC San Francisco (UCSF) researchers.

DuPont and 3M, the largest manufacturers of PFAS "forever chemicals," hid unfavorable findings from the public, government regulators and their own employees.