US EditionScientists Warn of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Reusable Period Products
NEW YORK CITY, JUL 22 – Mount Sinai researchers found people with higher PFAS levels in their blood have up to a 31% increased risk of type 2 diabetes due to metabolic disruptions, the study says.
- A Mount Sinai-led study published in eBioMedicine found that PFAS exposure may elevate type 2 diabetes risk.
- Known as 'forever chemicals', PFAS persist in human bodies and environments, and they disrupt amino acid biosynthesis and drug metabolism.
- From 360 blood samples, higher PFAS levels corresponded to up to 31% increased type 2 diabetes risk, said Mount Sinai researchers.
- The study underscores the urgency of reducing public PFAS exposure, and the authors call on regulators, manufacturers and public health professionals to collaborate.
- To deepen understanding, the authors called for exposome research, coinciding with ongoing global debates on PFAS limits in a forthcoming UN plastics treaty.
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