{"id":193294,"date":"2024-07-22T10:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/new-study-confirms-forever-chemicals-are-absorbed-through-human-skin"},"modified":"2024-07-22T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:22:26","slug":"new-study-confirms-forever-chemicals-are-absorbed-through-human-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/new-study-confirms-forever-chemicals-are-absorbed-through-human-skin","title":{"rendered":"New Study confirms Forever Chemicals are Absorbed through Human Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-study-confirms-forever-chemicals-are-absorbed-through-human-skin.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A study of 17 commonly used synthetic \u2018forever chemicals\u2019 has shown that these toxic substances can readily be absorbed through human skin.<\/p>\n<p>New research, published today in Environment International proves for the first time that a wide range of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) \u2014 chemicals which do not break down in nature \u2013 can permeate the skin barrier and reach the body\u2019s bloodstream.<\/p>\n<p>PFAS are used widely in industries and consumer products from school uniforms to personal care products because of their water and stain repellent properties. While some substances have been banned by government regulation, others are still widely used and their toxic effects have not yet been fully investigated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study of 17 commonly used synthetic \u2018forever chemicals\u2019 has shown that these toxic substances can readily be absorbed through human skin. New research, published today in Environment International proves for the first time that a wide range of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) \u2014 chemicals which do not break down in nature \u2013 can permeate the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1490],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}