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Is any amount of PFAS safe?

By Zac Schultz | Here & Now

June 17, 2022

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Dr. Beth Neary, a pediatrician and co-president of the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network, discusses health risks posed by PFAS as new federal health advisories warn that some of these chemicals are hazardous even at extremely low levels.

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