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PFAS exposure may reduce COVID-19 vaccine potency, experts warn Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 Ravinder Singala, a physican and UM-Flint graduate, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at McLaren Flint Hospital in Flint. Singala was one of the first five frontline workers at the hospital to receive the vaccine. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share Toxicologists who specialize in the health effects of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS are warning that exposure to the toxic substances may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms and undermine the efficacy of vaccinations just starting to be given against the disease.

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