Relative Risks of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Three Australian Communities Exposed to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Data Linkage Study.

Hsei Di LawDeborah A RandallBruce K ArmstrongCatherine D'esteNina LazarevicRose HoskingKayla S SmurthwaiteSusan M TrevenarRobyn M LucasArchie C A ClementsMartyn D KirkRosemary J Korda

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2023)

There was limited evidence for increased risks of adverse perinatal outcomes in mothers living in areas with PFAS contamination from firefighting foams. We found higher risks of some outcomes in individual areas, but these were not consistent across all areas under study and could have been due to chance, bias, or confounding.

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