History of ‘forever’ chemicals is written in Antarctic snow

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Credit: Stefan Christmann/Nature Picture Library Access through your institution Buy or subscribe ‘Forever’ chemicals, so called because they do not break down in the environment, have reached even the ends of the Earth. Article PubMed Google Scholar Download references Jobs Postdoctoral Fellow A postdoctoral fellow position is available at NIH for translational research on neural mechanisms of frustration/irritability in mice and humans Bethesda, Maryland (US) National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neural Engineering Section, Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch The Intramural Research Program (IRP), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Bethesda, Maryland National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Junior Professorship (W1) for „Public Child Mental Health“ (f/m/d The Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University invites applications for the Junior Professorship (W1) for “Public Child Mental Health” (f/... Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg (DE) Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg Associate or Senior Editor, Scientific Reports Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Scientific Reports Location: New York, Jersey City, or Philadelphia (Hybrid Working Model) Application Deadl... New York City, New York (US) Springer Nature Ltd Assistant professor (Tenure Track) at Umeå University - Call for expression of interest Expression of interest for a Tenure-track assistant professor position focused on early-career researchers, with promotion path to associate professor Umeå, Sweden Umeå University

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Persistent pollutants called PFASs lace the snow in Antarctica. Credit: Stefan Christmann/Nature Picture Library
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‘Forever’ chemicals, so called because they do not break down in the environment, have reached even the ends of the Earth. Now, scientists have more insight into the levels of these pollutants in Antarctica, thanks to rare observations taken across the continent’s ice sheet
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