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Even our food now comes packaged in PFAS! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But why are we worried and what can we do? Learn more about what makes these chemicals such a problem, how they earned their title of \u2018Forever Chemicals\u2019, and what Fidra are asking of supermarkets, policymakers and the public to make change happen. This is a big issue, but Fidra believe it\u2019s a solvable one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on forever chemicals head over to: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3k2sso00GsE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take action on forever chemicals, PFAS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":293,"template":"","section_category":[41],"events_category":[61,63],"acf":{"age_restriction":["13 and over"],"start_date":"2021-05-06 00:00:00","header_before":[{"acf_fc_layout":"header_embed","embed":"<iframe title=\"Curious About: Innovation - Forever Chemicals - What are they and what can we do about them?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MPhXXIBzio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"}],"header_after":[{"acf_fc_layout":"header_embed","embed":"<iframe title=\"Curious About: Innovation - Forever Chemicals - What are they and what can we do about them?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MPhXXIBzio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"}],"short_description":"Dr Kerry Dinsmore explains the persistent problem with PFAS, and how this group of harmful industrial chemicals are replacing plastic as we rush to find sustainable alternatives to food packaging."},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Forever Chemicals - What are they and what can we do about them? 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