"forever chemical" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "forever + chemical.\nFrom being a chemical compound which is highly unlikely to break down.",
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          "ref": "2019 June 7, Jamie Feldman, “Here's Everything We Know About The Forever Chemicals In Food”, in Huffington Post",
          "text": "Forever chemicals have infiltrated water across 43 states nationwide, impacting the drinking supply of about 19 million Americans.",
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          "ref": "2020 January 23, Bruce Y. Lee, “Forever Chemicals In Your Drinking Water, It Is Worse Than Previously Thought”, in Forbes",
          "text": "These are the Keith Richards of chemicals, known as forever chemicals because they can survive for years without really breaking down.",
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          "ref": "2020 January 24, Sarah Gibbens, “Toxic forever chemicals more common in tap water than thought, report says.”, in National Geographic",
          "text": "Some of the most commonly used PFAS chemicals, like PFOS and PFOA (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid) have long half-lives, earning them the moniker the forever chemical.",
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          "ref": "[2021 May 13, Tom Perkins, “Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US mothers’ breast milk”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-05-13",
          "text": "They are called “forever chemicals” because they do not naturally break down and have been found to accumulate in humans.]",
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          "ref": "2022 December 20, “3M to end 'forever chemicals' output at cost of up to $2.3 bln”, in Reuters",
          "text": "U.S. industrial conglomerate 3M Co (MMM.N) on Tuesday set a 2025 deadline to stop producing PFAS, the \"forever chemicals\" used in anything from cell phones to semiconductors that have been linked to cancers, heart problems and low birth weights.",
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        "Synonym of PFAS (“per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substance”)"
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        "(journalism, environmentalism, often in the plural) Synonym of PFAS (“per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substance”)"
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