When I hear talking about forever chemicals, they are usually described as “chemicals are not affected by naturally occurring reactions, and that accumulate in the bodies of living beings”. By accumulating, they cause all sorts of health issues.
What I don’t understand is how they cause these health issues. If these chemicals do not participate in regular reactions, how do they cause issues?
I am not claiming that the research in the subject is wrong, I am missing the link between “these things don’t react with anything” and “these things still cause all sorts of health problems”.
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Lots of great but long answers here. Our understanding can be boiled down to “they get in the way”.
Sometimes they get in the way because they look like a key, so the body puts them into a particular lock, but since they aren’t the real key the door doesn’t open.
Sometimes they get in the way like a bunch of cars at rush hour when you’re just trying to get to work.
These chemicals are small, but so is everything else in your body, and there isn’t any room for unnecessary stuff. It causes all sorts of confusion and mayhem.
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