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Prenatal exposure to perfluorodecanoic acid is associated with lower circulating concentration of adrenal steroid metabolites during mini puberty in human female infants. The Odense Child Cohort
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13 Jan 2020 | Environ. Res.
High prenatal exposure to PFDA associated with decreased hormone production in babies.
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Quantitative bias analysis of the association between subclinical thyroid disease and two perfluoroalkyl substances in a single study
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25 Dec 2019 | Environ. Res.
A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model was used to quantify bias in a reported PFAS-thyroid association.
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Altered expression and activity of phase I and II biotransformation enzymes in human liver cells by perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
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10 Dec 2019 | Toxicology
PFOA and PFOS found to inhibit the body's ability to breakdown and absorb nutrients.
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Topic of Cancer: How PFAS threaten our water
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10 Dec 2019 | Capital & Main
What’s more, while the persistent and mobile nature of PFAS chemicals means that no neighborhood is safe from contamination, smaller water systems—particularly those serving disadvantaged communities—face an uphill task in tackling the problem due to the higher probability of aging infrastructure and limited resources, as compared to larger utilities.
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Top U.S. toxicologist was barred from saying PFAS cause disease in humans. She’s saying it now
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24 Oct 2019 | The Intercept
“I was banned from doing it,” said Birnbaum. “I had to use ‘association’ all the time. If I was talking about human data or impacts on people, I had to always say there was an association with a laundry list of effects.”
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Temporal Trends (1981-2013) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and total fluorine in Baltic cod (Gadus morhua)
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22 Oct 2019 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
Decrease body length was associated with PFDoDA and FOSA exposure.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and bone health in young men: a pilot study.
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8 Oct 2019 | Endocrine
Exposure to PFAS may lead to an increased risk of developing osteoporosis.
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Association between perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and thyroid hormone/thyroid antibody levels in maternal and cord blood: The Hokkaido Study
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16 Sep 2019 | Environ Int
Hormone function disrupted by the presence of PFAS in a cohort of 701 mother‑neonate pairs.
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Human-Based Exposure Levels of Perfluoroalkyl Acids May Induce Harmful Effects to Health by Disrupting Major Components Androgen Receptor Signalling In Vitro
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27 Aug 2019 | Exp. & Health
Certain PFAS found to disrupt multiple parts of the human endocrine system.
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Maternal Plasma per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Concentrations in Early Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Thyroid Function in a Prospective Birth Cohort: Project Viva (USA)
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8 Jul 2019 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Prenatal exposure to PFAS negatively influences thyroid function in both mothers and infants.
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Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances, immune-related outcomes, and lung function in children from a Spanish birth cohort study
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28 Jun 2019 | Int J Hyg Environ Health
Exposure to PFOA linked to reduced lung function in young children.
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Accumulation, Biotransformation, and Endocrine Disruption Effects of Fluorotelomer Surfactant Mixtures on Zebrafish
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28 Jun 2019 | Chem. Res. Toxicol.
Alternatives to PFOS shown to disrupt the endocrine system and impair offspring development in zebrafish, a human model organism.
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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and fetal thyroid hormone levels in umbilical cord blood among newborns by prelabor caesarean delivery
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19 Jun 2019 | Environ Int
Prenatal exposure to certain PFAS disrupts fetal thyroid function.
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Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and associations with thyroid parameters in First Nation children and youth from Quebec
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24 Apr 2019 | Environ Int
PFAS exposure in Canadian indigenous communities children linked to endocrine disruption.
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Airway exposure to perfluorooctanoate exacerbates airway hyperresponsiveness and downregulates glucocorticoid receptor expression in asthmatic mice.
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16 Mar 1921 | Transl Pediatr
Acute airway exposure to PFOA was found to decrease the effectiveness of asthma treatments.