Some five years ago, the World Health Organization and United Nations reported on 15 ways that chemicals used in plastics, pesticides and flame retardants could affect babies from the womb to adulthood, including:
IQ loss and intellectual disability
Autism and attention-deficit disorder
Childhood and adult obesity
Low testosterone, male infertility and testicular dysfunction
Endometriosis and fibroids in women.
The new analysis published Tuesday now adds another 17 such health impacts to the list and broadens the number of known chemicals involved. The review found evidence is particularly strong for a link between perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Among the conditions PFAS chemicals have been tied in recent research are:
Impaired glucose tolerance
Gestational diabetes and reduced birth weight in babies
Reduced semen quality
Child and adult obesity
Polycystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis
Breast cancer
Other plastics and pesticides are linked to adult diabetes, prematurity, reduced anogenital distance in boys, reduced semen quality and prostate cancer. An even stronger connection between insecticides, plastics and flame retardants and cognitive deficits and attention-deficit disorder in children has been shown by newer studies.
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Health impacts of synthetic chemicals has doubled in last 5 years, study finds
Synthetic chemicals aren't good for you. Examples of how endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastics, pesticides and other US products impact health have doubled in the last five years, and now include obesity, breast cancer, diabetes and more.
