Tag: baby health

Forever Chemicals, Harming Babies

Is tap water rewriting your baby’s blueprint? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. PFAS are synthetic “forever chemicals” used in nonstick pans that NEVER decompose. Now, PFAS chemicals are in drinking water everywhere in tiny amounts. Is it enough to harm developing babies? Enter Melle

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Smoke Signals

Smoooke on the placentaaaa! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. California’s wildfire seasons keep getting worse. More acres burned. More homes lost. But the invisible threat might be the scariest. Could wildfire smoke reach the womb? And cause… AUTISM?!  Enter Karl O’Sharkey and team from the

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