This Chemical Does Nothing, But It's Still Bad For You

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Check out the MinuteFood video on Teflon here: https://youtu.be/R1hbV3EzOD4 PFAS - also known as the “forever chemicals” we use in all sorts of household products - are able to cause all sorts of health problems without ever really reacting with anything LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - PFAS: A class of man-made molecules consisting of a fully (per) or partly (poly) fluorinated carbon chain connected to different functional groups. - Teflon: A type of PFAS - PTFE - used in making nonstick coating for cookware. - Fatty Acid: A hydrocarbon chain terminating with a carboxylic acid group. - Albumin: The main protein of human blood plasma. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* John Kinney | Script Writer David Goldenberg | Script editor, Narrator and Director Arcadi Garcia i Rius | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Bothun, Geoffrey D. (2023). Personal Communication. Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering, URI. https://web.uri.edu/engineering/meet/gbothun/ Belcher, Scott. (2023). Personal Communication. Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University. https://bio.sciences.ncsu.edu/people/smbelch2/ Dombrowski, Paul M. et al. (2018). Technology review and evaluation of different chemical oxidation conditions on treatability of PFAS. Remediation. 28:2 (135-150). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rem.21555 Fedorenko, Michael et al. (2021). Dominant Entropic Binding of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) to Albumin Protein Revealed by 19F NMR. Chemosphere. 263. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8479757/ Fenton, Suzanne E. et al. (2020). Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 40:3 (606-630). https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/etc.4890 Goodrich, Jackie. (2023). Personal Communication. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan. https://sph.umich.edu/faculty-profiles/goodrich-jaclyn.html Jackson, Thomas W. et al. (2021). Rapid Characterization of Human Serum Albumin Binding for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Using Differential Scanning Fluorimetry. Environ Sci Technol. 55:18 (12291-13001). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8651256/ O’Hagan, David. (2008). Understanding organofluorine chemistry. An introduction to the C–F bond. Chemical Society Reviews. 37, 308-319. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2008/CS/B711844A United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Our Current Understanding of the Human Health and Environmental Risks of PFAS. Retrieved from: https://www.epa.gov/pfas/our-current-understanding-human-health-and-environmental-risks-pfas Wani, Ab Latif, Anjum Ara, and Jawed Ahmad Usmani. (2015). Lead toxicity: a review. Interdiscip Toxicol. 8:2 (55-64). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961898/ Wisconsin Department of Health Services. (2023). Chemicals: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Substances. Retrieved from: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/chemical/pfas.htm