Potentially toxic âforever chemicalsâ may harm kids during critical period for bone development | CNN
The âforever chemicalsâ known as PFAS are increasingly known to potentially pose many threats, the latest of which may be child bone health, according to a new study. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a class of about 15,000 synthetic chemicals commonly used in products such as clothing, nonstick cookware, firefighting foams, food packaging, carpets, cleaning products, paints, and stain and water repellents. These compounds do not break down in the environment and can easily migrate into the air, dust, food and soil, also contaminating nearly half the drinking water in the United States. Notably, PFAS accumulate in our bodies and have been found in the blood of people of all ages, including newborns. âAfter youâre born, you start to accrue bone density, and you do it really rapidly through adolescence,â said Dr. Jessie Buckley, first author of the small study published Tuesday in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. âThen after around age 20 or so, you have reached all the bone density youâll ever get, and itâs all downhill after that.â âWe found that PFAS chemical exposure in children tended to be related to lower bone strength when t
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