It’s too soon to stop studying the potential effects of pfas on human health

Despite positive signs regarding the decreasing presence of specific PFAS in the blood of sampled humans, we do not know enough about this broad class of substances to justify stopping

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University, Corvallis, OR, USA Jamie C. DeWitt * Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Jamie C. DeWitt Authors * Jamie C. DeWitt

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declares that she serves/has served as a plaintiff’s expert witness in cases involving PFAS and receives US federal funding to study the toxicity of PFAS. RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and

permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE DeWitt, J.C. It’s too soon to stop studying the potential effects of PFAS on human health. _Nat Water_ 2, 700–701 (2024).

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