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Association between maternal serum concentration of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) at delivery and acute infectious diseases in infancy
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20 Dec 2021 | Chemosphere
Prenatal exposure to PFAS was associated with increased risks of diarrhea during the first year of life, and these effects were stronger among breastfed infants.
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Relationships between maternal perfluoroalkyl substance levels, polymorphisms of receptor genes, and adverse birth outcomes in the Hokkaido birth cohort study, Japan
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20 Dec 2021 | Reprod Toxicol
Maternal PFOS exposure was linked with decreased female infant size.
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The comprehensive analysis based study of perfluorinated compounds-Environmental explanation of bladder cancer progression
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20 Dec 2021 | Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
PFAS could promote bladder cancer progression.
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The use of in vitro methods in assessing human health risks associated with short-chain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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13 Dec 2021 | J Appl Toxicol
This review summarizes the PFAS toxicity data obtained using human cells in vitro, discusses the advantages and limitations of cell-based models, and provides thoughts on potential solutions to the challenges of these methods.
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Maternal consumption of ultra-processed foods and newborn exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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13 Dec 2021 | Cad Saude Publica
Infants were found to have higher levels of PFAS if their mothers ate processed foods at least three times a week.
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Life-Time Environmental Chemical Exposure and Obesity: Review of Epidemiological Studies Using Human Biomonitoring Methods
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13 Dec 2021 | Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
A review of chemical exposure and obesity found that PFOA has consistent obesogenic effects in humans.
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Exposure of male mice to perfluorooctanoic acid induces anxiety-like behaviors by increasing corticotropin-releasing factor in the basolateral amygdala complex
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6 Dec 2021 | Chemosphere
PFOA exposure in mice led to a metabolic cascade of effects resulting in anxiety-like behaviors.
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Tumorigenic activity of alternative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Mechanistic in vitro studies
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6 Dec 2021 | Sci Total Environ
PFHxS has been associated with breast cancer in epidemiological studies, and this study demonstrated how this shorter-chain PFAS can affect cell proteins and cell proliferation.
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate induces heart toxicity involving cardiac apoptosis and inflammation in rats
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6 Dec 2021 | Exp Ther Med
Exposure to PFOS left rats with heart inflammation and other markers of cardiac toxicity.
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The EPA Finally Plans to Regulate Toxic, Widespread 'Forever Chemicals'
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1 Dec 2021 | Very Well Health
Among the most sinister and widespread threats to public health in the United States is a class of toxic chemicals called polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances was associated with estrogen homeostasis in pregnant women
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30 Nov 2021 | Sci Total Environ
Exposure to PFAS disturbed hormone levels in pregnant women and the effects varied with the time periods of exposure during pregnancy.
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Prenatal exposure to poly-/per-fluoroalkyl substances is associated with alteration of lipid profiles in cord-blood
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30 Nov 2021 | Metabolomics
Prenatal PFAS exposure may explain associations between PFAS exposure and adverse health conditions later in life, such as type 2 diabetes.
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Tumor and serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) in hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal malignancy
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30 Nov 2021 | Am J Surg
Cancer patients had higher levels of PFOS than the national average and those with higher blood serum levels of PFOS were more likely to have higher levels of PFOS in tumors.
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Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Female Reproductive Outcomes: PFAS Elimination, Endocrine-Mediated Effects, and Disease
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30 Nov 2021 | Toxicology
A summary of the role of PFAS in female reproductive dysfunction and disease is presented with the major data gaps, highlighting the importance for further study of the action mechanisms of PFAS harm in women.
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[Opinion] COVID and PFAS: A match not made in heaven
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24 Nov 2021 | NJ.com
Somewhat overlooked has been the actual effects of accumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in our bodies, and there’s a new reason to study it.