While PFAS don’t break down easily because of their strong chemical bonds, if exposure to PFAS stops, people do excrete the chemicals over time, according to Jane Hoppin (Project 1), an environmental epidemiologist for North Carolina State University’s Department of Biological Sciences. “They are forever in the environment, but they’re not forever in you,” said Hoppin, who is studying the health effects of PFAS in North Carolina communities exposed through drinking water from the Cape Fear River basin. Click HERE to read more.