This story is part of a series, “Fighting ‘Forever Chemicals’: Women face pervasive PFAS risks.” While “forever chemicals” have been linked to numerous adverse health impacts from cancers to kidney disease, they also may have disparate impacts on male and female bodies. “Very often you see something in one sex and not the other sex,”…
This story is part of a series, “Fighting ‘Forever Chemicals’: Women face pervasive PFAS risks.” Cancer-linked “forever chemicals” got their moniker because of how long they linger without breaking down — in the environment and the human body. Women appear to have a way of shedding at least some of the compounds, however. “Some PFAS…
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This story is part of a series, “Fighting ‘Forever Chemicals’: Women face pervasive PFAS risks.” For decades, physicians and scientists have touted breast milk as liquid gold for its immunological benefits. But nursing parents with considerable exposure to cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, may unwittingly be exposing their babies to these compounds, as well —…