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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The human body (as well as any other organism) is a biochemical engine that uses enzymes to facilitate and vastly increase the speed of thousands of various reactions, and other molecules to control how and when these reactions go. Some of the so-called “forever chemicals” can be similar in structure to these molecules and thus interfere with the functioning of the body.
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