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The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkins

Fetuses likely have more ‘forever chemicals’ in blood than thought – report

close up of a baby's hand hold the thumb of a parent's hand
‘Fetuses are widely exposed to Pfas via umbilical cord blood.’ Photograph: Olga Rolenko/Getty Images

New peer-reviewed research shows fetuses likely have much higher levels of Pfas “forever chemicals” in their blood than previously thought.

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.

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