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Breastfeeding May Expose Infants to Toxic Chemicals

Baby feeds on MOM's breasts

Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015.  A widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and interference with immune function—perfluorinated alkylate substances, or PFASs—appears to build up in infants by 20%–30% for each month they’re breastfed, according to a new study co-authored by experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first study to show the extent to which PFASs are transferred to babiesthrough breast milk, and to quantify their…

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