HONOLULU, Sept. 30 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
How do everyday plastics and 'forever chemicals' shape a child's earliest months of life? A new University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa study is set to find out by following 300 local families.
Funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, the Hawaiʻi-based study tracks families from the first trimester through the baby's first year.
PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), often called "forever chemicals," are widely used in consumer products. Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters. Both can enter the body through food, water, air and everyday products and have been...