Science Microbes take the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’ By News for today - May 24, 2023 0 47 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Nature, Published online: 24 May 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01697-4 Bacteria that snip fluorine–carbon bonds can degrade certain kinds of PFAS, a class of environmental pollutant.