[HTML][HTML] Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in breast milk and infant formula: A global issue

JS LaKind, J Naiman, MA Verner, L Lévêque… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are transferred from mother to
infants through breastfeeding, a time when children may be particularly vulnerable to PFAS …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in breast milk: concerning trends for current-use PFAS

G Zheng, E Schreder, JC Dempsey… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
This is the first study in the last 15 years to analyze per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) in breast milk collected from mothers (n= 50) in the United States, and our findings …

Current breast milk PFAS levels in the United States and Canada: after all this time, why don't we know more?

JS LaKind, MA Verner, RD Rogers… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Despite 20 y of biomonitoring studies of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) in both serum and urine, we have an extremely limited understanding of PFAS …

Breastfeeding: a potential excretion route for mothers and implications for infant exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids

D Mondal, RH Weldon, BG Armstrong… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: The presence of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in breast milk has been
documented, but their lactational transfer has been rarely studied. Determination of the …

[HTML][HTML] Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure through infant feeding in early life

IALP Van Beijsterveldt, BD Van Zelst… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and aims Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are non-degradable, man-
made-chemicals with an elimination half-life of multiple years, causing accumulation in the …

Emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human milk from Sweden and China

R Awad, Y Zhou, E Nyberg, S Namazkar… - … Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Twenty per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were determined in human milk from
residents of three Chinese cities (Shanghai, Jiaxing, and Shaoxing;[n= 10 individuals per …

Concentrations of Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in paired maternal plasma and human milk in the New Hampshire birth cohort

RL Criswell, Y Wang, B Christensen… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are environmentally persistent endocrine-
disrupting chemicals associated with long-term health outcomes. PFAS are transferred from …

Occurrence and infant exposure assessment of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in breast milk from South Africa

LR Macheka, OA Abafe, LL Mugivhisa, JO Olowoyo - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The exposure of infants to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through breast-
feeding is of global concern owing to their numerous detrimental health effects. This study …

Breastfeeding as a predictor of serum concentrations of per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in reproductive-aged women and young children: a rapid systematic …

BN VanNoy, J Lam, AR Zota - Current environmental health reports, 2018 - Springer
Purpose of review Per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are synthetic chemicals
widely detected in human serum, and at low levels in breast milk. We conducted a rapid …

Prenatal and postnatal exposure to emerging and legacy per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances: Levels and transfer in maternal serum, cord serum, and breast milk

P Zheng, Y Liu, Q An, X Yang, S Yin, LQ Ma… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gestation and lactation are critical and vulnerable stages for fetuses and newborns. During
these periods, per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) accumulated in mothers can be …