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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Pennsylvania should ban ‘forever chemicals’
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board: Pennsylvania should ban ‘forever chemicals’

They never degrade, break down, or go away: Forever chemicals, or PFAS, increase cancer risks, undermine immune systems, decrease fertility and more. State governments, along with the federal government, must end their destructive proliferation.

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