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'Forever Chemicals' in Mothers' Blood Linked to Brain Changes in Their Kids


'Forever chemicals' already have a shocking reputation, and now new research has linked these substances – named for the way they stick around in the environment for so long – to brain changes in children born to mothers exposed to common PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).

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