Two new studies show scope of contamination and need to regulate PFAS as a class. One of the studies was co-written by our PRCCEH Co-Director Aimin Chen, MD, PhD. This article is from the Environmental Working Group.
A new peer-reviewed study raises fresh concerns about how exposure to the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS may affect health from the very start of life – and how to most effectively tackle contamination from multiple PFAS.
The study reveals a sobering reality: Babies are exposed to a much wider and complex mixture of PFAS before they even take their first breath.
The research, published in Environmental Science & Technology, used advanced screening methods to analyze umbilical cord blood collected at birth from 120 babies between 2003 and 2006 in Cincinnati.
Researchers identified 42 individual PFAS, only four of which were detected using the standard test methods typically employed in research labs.
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