forever chemical
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of PFAS (“perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance”).
Example Sentences
- "Forever chemicals have infiltrated water across 43 states nationwide, impacting the drinking supply of about 19 million Americans."
- "These are the Keith Richards of chemicals, known as forever chemicals because they can survive for years without really breaking down."
- "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."
- "They are called “forever chemicals” because they do not naturally break down and have been found to accumulate in humans."
- "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."