Emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human milk from Sweden and China
Raed Awad, Yihui Zhou, Elisabeth Nyberg, Shahla Namazkar, Yongning Wu, Qianfen Xiao, Yaije Sun, Zhiliang Zhu, Åke Bergman, Jonathan P. Benskin
Abstract
) in Chinese samples, and was non-detectable in Swedish milk. The extremely high concentrations of F53-B in Chinese milk suggest that human exposure assessments focused only on legacy substances may severely underestimate overall PFAS exposure in breastfeeding infants.
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