Prenatal PFAS exposure linked to higher childhood asthma risk in Ronneby, Sweden

This study found that prenatal exposure to PFAS from drinking water was associated with an increased incidence of childhood asthma and wheeze in a highly-exposed Swedish population.

Researchers examined a cohort of 11,488 children in Blekinge county, Sweden, linking maternal address history to water records to assess prenatal PFAS exposure and identify incident cases of wheeze and asthma.

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This register-based open cohort study followed 11,488 children born between 2006 and 2013 in Blekinge county, Sweden, until age 12 or December 31, 2022. It specifically investigated a population in Ronneby with high PFAS exposure from contaminated drinking water.