Middle–aged men are most vulnerable to faster ageing due to ‘forever chemicals’, a study has warned.
Per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of synthetic chemicals often used in plastics, cleaning products and non–stick coatings.
They can take over 1,000 years to break down and have been detected in nearly all environments including remote Arctic areas, deep oceans, drinking water and human blood.
Now, experts have found that exposure to these forever chemicals is driving our biological clocks forward – with men aged between 50 and 64 at highest risk.
This means their ‘internal’ age – based on how healthy cells are – is higher than their actual, chronological age.
