Read the full article by Mark Brodie (KJZZ Phoenix).

“There’s increasing concern about the health impacts of being exposed to the class of chemicals known as PFAS.

And a new study finds exposure by pregnant women to the so-called ‘forever chemicals’ increased the chances of their babies being born prematurely and with low birth weights; it also increased the risk of infant mortality.

The data come from New Hampshire, and one of the researchers says the study tried to isolate the effects of PFAS by themselves.

Derek Lemoine and Ashley Langer are among the authors of the study; they’re both economics professors at the University of Arizona and co-directors of the Consortium for Environmentally Resilient Business. They joined The Show to about what they found.”…