Certain ‘forever chemicals’ may raise the risk of one of the fastest growing cancers in America, a study suggests.
Doctors from Mount Sinai hospital in New York tested blood samples from people with and without thyroid cancer and found patients with the disease were 56 percent more likely to have levels of PFAS chemicals in their system.
PFAS are dubbed ‘forever chemicals’ because they are virtually impossible for the body to break down and have been used to make thousands of everyday products since the 1940s – from nonstick cookware to raincoats.