Read the full article by Keerti Gopal (Inside Climate News).
“Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ during pregnancy could increase the risk of childhood asthma, according to new research from Sweden.
Researchers from Lund University found that prenatal exposure to very high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, in drinking water corresponded with a higher incidence of childhood asthma in a community dealing with decades of contamination.
The findings, published Thursday in PLOS Medicine, are notable. Although PFAS exposure causes myriad well-documented health harms, links to asthma have not been as well-studied.
‘When I went into it, I was not expecting to see anything, so we were surprised,’ said Annelise Blomberg, an associate researcher in epidemiology at Lund University and a study co-author.”…