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Invited Perspective: PFAS and the Childhood Obesity Phenotype-Challenges and Opportunities
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7 Jun 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
This perspective on the recent PFAS and obesity study highlights the advantage of multi-center collaborative studies and recommends managing and studying PFAS as a class.
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Associations of Gestational Perfluoroalkyl Substances Exposure with Early Childhood BMI -Scores and Risk of Overweight/Obesity: Results from the ECHO Cohorts
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7 Jun 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Gestational exposure to higher levels of PFAS were associated with a slightly increased childhood risk of obesity.
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Diffusion and partitioning of different PFAS compounds through thermoplastic polyurethane and three different PVC-EIA liners
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26 May 2023 | Sci Total Environ
PFAS was found to diffuse through certain membranes used in landfills, potentially leading to groundwater contamination.
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Association between PFAS congeners exposure and asthma among US children in a nationally representative sample
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17 May 2023 | Environ Geochem Health
Exposure to some PFAS in male children from 3-7 years old was associated with asthma.
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Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Affect Inflammation in Lung Cells and Tissues
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10 May 2023 | Int. J. Mol. Sci.
PFOA and PFOS alone or in a mixture were found to cause decreased respiratory ability in human bronchial cells.
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Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Mixture during Pregnancy and Postpartum Weight Retention in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study (NHBCS)
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10 May 2023 | Toxics
PFAS exposure may be associated with decreased ability to lose weight after childbirth in mothers.
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Dietary and maternal sociodemographic determinants of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance levels in pregnant women
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6 May 2023 | Chemosphere
Fish, seafood, animal offal, and high-fat foods were significant sources of PFAS, and the authors suggest that exposure may be reduced by consuming more plant-based foods and potential interventions like drinking water treatment.
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Associations between Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Exposures and Blood Lipid Levels among Adults—A Meta-Analysis
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4 May 2023 | EHP
This meta-analysis concluded that PFOA and PFOS are significantly associated with increased cholesterol levels in human blood.
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Occurrence and risk assessments of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in tea bags from India
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1 May 2023 | Food Control
PFOS, PFHxS, and PFuNA were abundantly present in tea bag materials and tea powder, with PFOS and PFHxS contributing to high levels of exposure.
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Association between prenatal and early postnatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and IQ score in 7-year-old children from the Odense Child Cohort
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29 Apr 2023 | Am J Epidemiol.
Maternal PFOS and PFNA concentrations were associated with lower IQ in children.
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[Opinion] What Limits Will the World Health Organization Recommend for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water?
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26 Apr 2023 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
To support the work of public health agencies worldwide providing people with safe drinking water, the WHO guidance levels need to be updated to reflect scientific evidence.
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Impact of PFAS exposure on prevalence of immune-mediated diseases in adults in the Czech Republic
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26 Apr 2023 | Environ Res.
PFAS exposure was found to have some adverse immune effects, including an association of elevated PFOS levels in men with higher rates of eczema.
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Smouldering to treat PFAS in sewage sludge
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25 Apr 2023 | Waste Manage.
Smoldering combustion completely removed all 4-8 carbon chain length PFAS from sewage sludge under all conditions, though extremely high temperatures and the addition of CaO were needed to mineralize the PFAS completely.
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Association of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances with sex hormones in children and adolescents 6-19 Years of age
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23 Apr 2023 | Environ Pollut
Serum concentrations of individual PFAS and mixtures were associated with changes in developmental hormone levels.
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Mechanistic Middle-Out Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic Modeling of Transporter-Dependent Disposition of Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Humans
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18 Apr 2023 | ES&T
A new model was developed to explain the persistence of PFOA in humans after both high-dose, acute and low-dose, chronic exposures.