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Scientists discover microbes than can remove up to 74% of PFAS from the body  Boing Boing Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows | Pfas  The Guardian Bacteria in the gut found to absorb PFAS ‘forever chemicals’  New Atlas Shifts in global cotton supply, demand and trade  Ecotextile News Gut microbes may flush ‘forever chemicals’ from …

Certain kinds of gut microbes absorb toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” and help expel them from the body via feces, new first-of-its-kind University of Cambridge research shows. The findings are welcome news as the only options that exist for reducing the level of dangerous Pfas compounds from the body are bloodletting and a cholesterol drug that induces unpleasant side effects. The …