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Sebastian Tan

BIZARRE: Banning common items may end forever chemicals crisis - What They Never Told You

There are fears PFAS will accumulate in drinking water until the forever chemicals are banned. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

Banning certain types of microwavable popcorn, dental floss and menstrual products is the solution to stopping cancer-causing "forever chemicals" entering waterways, MPs have been told.

Days after an investigation found 30,000 residents near Sydney may have been exposed to high levels of PFAS chemicals for decades, state MPs heard from a US scientist who has studied the synthetic chemicals' effects on humans.

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