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“New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ during pregnancy and the shape of her child’s brain at age five. The findings offer no conclusion as to whether these brain changes are positive or negative, but simply suggest the chemical exposure is likely making some kind of impact on neural development.
‘I think our results are interesting because of the clear associations between these chemicals during pregnancy and brain structural development in children,’ said the study co-author Aaron Barron, in an email to New Atlas. ‘It seems that even at low levels, chronic exposure to these chemicals might influence the brain.’
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent chemical pollutants with extremely long half-lives in humans. PFAS have widespread use and are present everywhere, from firefighting foams and cosmetics to kitchenware. This means most human beings living in the Western world are likely to have been chronically exposed to these chemicals over several years.” …