Prenatal exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ may raise blood pressure during teen years: Study

Pregnant mothers’ high blood pressure linked to this increased risk in children

Gestational hypertension affects some 16 percent of U.S. pregnancies

Having this during pregnancy increases risk of seizures in kids

Gestational hypertension affects around one in six pregnancies.

Development and child health in a world of synthetic chemicals

Chemical pollution is one of today’s most significant threats to the developmental potential of children worldwide. Maternal exposure to toxicants can perturb sensitive windows of fetal development, indirectly through promoting antenatal disorders, abnormal placental adaptation, or directly through maternal-fetal transport. Current evidence clearly shows that persistent organic chemicals promote hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, placental abn…

Prenatal exposure to forever chemicals linked to higher teen blood pressure

Children exposed before birth to synthetic compounds called "forever chemicals" had higher blood pressure during their teenage years, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

Exposure to 'forever chemicals' before birth linked to higher blood pressure in kids

Forever chemicals have come under growing scrutiny in recent years because they build up in the body and may trigger health problems.

PFAS exposure before birth could put your teen at risk for high blood pressure, study finds

A teen with high blood pressure is more likely to become an adult with heart disease. Prenatal exposure to PFAS may put kids at greater risk, a new study found.