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EPA curb on nonstick chemical may have reduced number of babies with low birth weight

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A drinking water well structure at Versluis Park in Plainfield Township, Mich. Utilities serving the area reported perfluorooctane sulfonate, known as PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOA, in raw and treated water. (Garret Ellison/Grand Rapids Press/AP)

Research conducted at the NYU School of Medicine and published recently in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health found that government and industry efforts since 2003 to phase out chemicals used to make non-stick coatings have prevented more than 118,000 low-weight births and related brain damage in the United States.

Read the report in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.

Read coverage in the Washington Post here.

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