Forever Chemicals in Children May Cast a Health Shadow Lasting Decades
A comprehensive review in Pediatric Research finds that early-life exposure to persistent PFAS chemicals can trigger immune, endocrine, developmental, and ...
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Shellfish, Not Tap Water, Emerges as the Biggest PFAS Source for Americans
A new NHANES-based analysis finds that shellfish and finfish account for more than half of Americans' intake of legacy PFAS ...
Leeches Reveal How Forever Chemicals Quietly Build Up in Freshwater Sediments
A new study shows that the freshwater medicinal leech Poecilobdella manillensis steadily accumulates PFOS from sediment-water systems and exhibits significant ...
Forever Chemicals Slip Through a Modern Water Recycling Plant, Year After Year
A year-long study of a Taiwanese water recycling center found that PFAS concentrations in treated effluent exceeded those in the ...
Forever Chemicals Ride the Egg: How PFOS Passes From Quail Mothers to Chicks
A synthesis of controlled quail experiments shows that PFOS accumulates most strongly in the liver, concentrates in the embryonic chorioallantoic ...
Forever chemicals found in Vietnam’s fish, but regulation has yet to catch up
The first comprehensive review of PFAS in Vietnamese aquatic organisms finds widespread but comparatively low-level contamination and a major regulatory ...
Forever Chemicals in Pregnancy Tied to Higher Gestational Diabetes Risk, Vitamin D May Blunt the Effect
A prospective Chinese birth cohort study finds that higher PFAS exposure during pregnancy is linked to increased odds of gestational ...
UV Light Breaks Down Forever Chemicals in Ways Scientists Never Expected
A new Nature Water study reveals that UV/sulfite degradation of PFAS proceeds through an unexpected sequence of electron, radical and ...
PFAS in Early Pregnancy May Raise Gestational Diabetes Risk, Vitamin D Status Emerges as a Key Factor
A prospective Chinese birth cohort finds that early-pregnancy exposure to multiple PFAS is associated with elevated gestational diabetes risk, with ...
Diet and Social Circumstances Shape PFAS Exposure in Hispanic Children
A new biomonitoring study of Hispanic children in Northern Virginia links PFAS blood levels to specific dietary patterns and social ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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