Early ‘forever chemicals’ exposure could affect economic success in adulthood – study
by Tom Perkins from Environment | The Guardian on (#6TFEQ)
Those who lived in regions with firefighting training areas earned about 1.7% less later in life, research shows
Early life exposure to toxic PFAS forever chemicals" could affect economic success in adulthood, new first-of-its-kind research suggests.
The Iowa State University and US Census Bureau working paper compared the earnings, college graduation rates and birth weights of two groups of children - those raised around military installations that had firefighting training areas, and those who lived near bases with no firefighting training site.
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