Results underscore value of continued monitoring for drinking water contamination.
Results underscore value of continued monitoring for drinking water contamination.
A study led by the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health at the University of California, Irvine has revealed possible links between exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water and an increased risk of certain childhood cancers.
Widely used in industrial and consumer products, PFAS — commonly known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment — have been linked to various adverse health effects. An Environmental Protection Agency monitoring program documented detectable levels of PFAS in California drinking water between 2013 and 2015.
In an online study in the journal Environmental Epidemiology, the researchers investigated the role that PFAS exposure via drinking water contamination may play in childhood cancer risk.
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