"Testing of umbilical cord blood typically looks for a small number of common Pfas compounds, like Pfoa and Pfos. However, thousands of Pfas exist, and a new Mount Sinai study tested 120 umbilical blood cord samples that were previously found to contain up to four compounds. The expanded non-targeted analysis identified 42 Pfas compounds across the 120 samples, and the total level of Pfas in the blood was much higher than previously found."
"Pfas are a class of about 15,000 compounds most frequently used to make products water-, stain- and grease-resistant. The chemicals have been linked to cancer, birth defects, decreased immunity, high cholesterol, kidney disease and a range of other serious health problems. They are dubbed forever chemicals because they do not naturally break down in the environment."
"Elevated Pfas levels in mothers is associated with higher infant mortality, as well as low birth weight and obesity later in life. Studies have also linked fetal exposure to cancer, neurological problems and cardiovascular disease later in life."
New research from Mount Sinai analyzed 120 umbilical cord blood samples using expanded non-targeted analysis, identifying 42 PFAS compounds compared to the four typically detected in standard testing. PFAS are approximately 15,000 synthetic compounds used to create water-, stain-, and grease-resistant products. These forever chemicals do not naturally break down and have been detected in 30,000 umbilical cord blood samples across 40 studies. PFAS exposure during fetal development is linked to cancer, birth defects, decreased immunity, high cholesterol, kidney disease, higher infant mortality, low birth weight, obesity, neurological problems, and cardiovascular disease. Legacy compounds like PFOA and PFOS have been phased out and replaced with newer PFAS generations claimed to be less toxic, though evidence supporting these claims remains limited.
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