Gut microbes could protect us from toxic ‘forever chemicals’ (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Gut microbes could protect us from toxic ‘forever chemicals’

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Illustration showing gut bacteria accumulating perfluorononanoic acid – a forever chemical – as dense clumps.

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Peter Northrop / MRC Toxicology Unit

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