{"id":327740,"date":"2025-12-21T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/327740\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:53:08","slug":"study-links-forever-chemicals-to-another-health-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/327740\/","title":{"rendered":"Study links &#8216;forever chemicals&#8217; to another health condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(WKRC) &#8211; Researchers have found a significant link between exposure to so-called \u201cforever chemicals\u201d and an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis, according to a new study published in the journal Environment International and reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/forever-chemicals-linked-to-another-health-condition-multiple-sclerosis-study-says-11873993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The study highlights the potential impact of synthetic compounds commonly found in nonstick cookware and waterproof clothing on long-term health.<\/p>\n<p>The research, led by Kim Kultima in Sweden, focused on two major environmental toxins: perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, known as PFOS, and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. Kultima said several individual substances, including PFOS and two hydroxylated PCBs, were associated with increased odds of multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found that people with the highest concentrations of the chemicals had about twice the odds of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis compared with those who had the lowest concentrations.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disease that disrupts communication between the brain and the body and can cause symptoms including numbness, weakness and vision changes.<\/p>\n<p>The study analyzed blood samples from about 900 people recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and compared them with samples from people without the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WKRC) &#8211; Researchers have found a significant link between exposure to so-called \u201cforever chemicals\u201d and an increased risk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-327740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}