Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is suing companies that have historically made toxic “forever chemicals” or products that contain them, alleging false advertising over their safety. Paxton, in his lawsuit,

The lawsuit says exposure to those chemicals is associated with high cholesterol, increased risk of childhood infections, harmful reproductive and developmental effects, pregnancy-induced hypertension, decreased birthweight, testicular and kidney cancers, ulcerative colitis, and thyroid disease.