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Pressure Growing to Remove PFAS from Fast Food Wrappers

A person eats a double patty cheeseburger ordered from a drive-through burger chain restaurant in his car. Dangerous forever chemicals, known as PFAS, short for poly and perfluoroalkyl substances, are said to be found in wrappers at major fast food restaurants.

Brenda Hampton first came across the toxic industrial compound PFAS after finding it was part of the cocktail of contaminants that tainted the drinking water in her North Alabama community. Hampton, who believes the contaminated water contributed to kidney problems she and other residents suffer, soon learned the chemicals were found in another source that… Continue reading Pressure Growing to Remove PFAS from Fast Food Wrappers