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“Drinking water contaminated by human-made ‘forever chemicals’ appears to impair children’s immunity, potentially increasing the risk of common childhood infections, new research shows.
The study, which appears in the March 1 [2025] issue of Environmental Research, is the first and largest to investigate the association between high prenatal levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and clinically diagnosed common infections in children, say the researchers, led by Matilda Ebel of Lund University in Sweden.
The researchers investigated an unusually wide range of exposure to PFAS, including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS), from low level (background) to very high levels in a Swedish community whose drinking water had been severely contaminated.” …