Ruairi Brannigan, Assistant Professor from DCU’s School of Chemical Sciences joined Emmet Oliver to understand why some chemicals are affecting men and women differently.
A new study in Frontiers in Aging suggests so-called ‘forever chemicals,’ or PFAS, may be linked to faster biological aging in men aged 50 to 65.
Ruairi Brannigan, Assistant Professor from DCU’s School of Chemical Sciences told Newstalk Sunday host Emmet Oliver that PFASs, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are omnipresent and that not much could be done to limit exposure to them.
“The only thing that you probably would want to do is to switch from a PFAS containing frying pan to maybe a cast iron or a stainless steel,” he said.
“Our water systems…