How to Use forever chemical in a Sentence

forever chemical

noun

• There are thousands of forever chemicals, but the EPA has now put standards on six of the most common and most studied.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• California bill would ban forever chemicals by 2030, the state’s most ambitious move against the toxic substances.
  — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• It is also polluted by forever chemicals that 3M once dumped upstream.
  — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
• Essentially, as many as 5,000 chemicals the rest of the world recognizes as PFAS would no longer be considered toxic forever chemicals.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
• Essentially, as many as 5,000 chemicals the rest of the world recognizes as PFAS would no longer be considered toxic forever chemicals.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• Organofluorine compounds—the umbrella term for forever chemicals—are everywhere: not just in clothing or other consumable commodities, but in the ocean, the soil, even the human body.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
• The pervasiveness of these forever chemicals have been making headlines as more are being discovered in common food and drink items, as well as personal care products.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
• Water systems are spending millions of dollars to filter out PFAS, the long-lasting compounds commonly known as forever chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health problems.
  — John Keilman, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
• Scientists are just beginning to understand how and to what extent forever chemicals harm human health.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 20 Apr. 2024
• After years of reporting on forever chemicals, ProPublica reporter Sharon Lerner had one question that still nagged at her.
  — ProPublica, 24 May 2024
• People are also exposed to these forever chemicals through food, clothing, household products, dust and several other sources.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
• Vermont’s experience with responding to PFAS may prove instructive as more consumers and politicians take note of forever chemicals.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
• And the presence of forever chemicals isn’t exactly purity.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 5 May 2024
• The drink company was humbled even more on Tuesday, after a class-action lawsuit alleged Prime contains excessive caffeine and forever chemicals.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2024
• Today, how millions of Americans are exposed to forever chemicals.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• This past summer, the Environmental Protection Agency disclosed that harmful forever chemicals were found in the tap water of 26 million Americans, and a class of toxic flame retardant chemicals was found in a wide sampling of breast milk.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
• This study also comes at the tail-end of a legislative session in which lawmakers attempted to cut protections from toxic PFAS chemicals, otherwise known as forever chemicals — though that bill did ultimately die.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
• These super-strong bonds also make tracing forever chemicals difficult.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
• Colorado officially has a ban on forever chemicals, joining a growing list of states taking action to eliminate the chemicals linked to cancer from a wide array of products, including cosmetics, carpets and food packaging.
  — Natasha Lovato, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
• Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is taking a hard stance on toxic forever chemicals.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2024
• This swap retains the water-repellant behavior of hydrocarbons while making the molecules highly resistant to breaking down through natural processes—hence the forever chemicals moniker.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2024
• But scientists and environmentalists note forever chemicals and other toxics can persist in the fluid.
  — Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• And Miami has previously recorded some of the highest levels of forever chemicals in the country, according to a 2020 report published by advocacy nonprofit Environmental Working Group.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• Related Articles Gore-Tex maker polluted some Marylanders’ drinking water with ‘forever chemicals,’ officials say.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024