Martine Vrijheid

TL;DR: The HELIX study showed substantial variation in health outcomes and determinants between the six countries, for example, in family affluence levels, tobacco smoking, physical activity, dietary habits and prevalence of childhood obesity, asthma, allergies and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

TL;DR: This quantification of the variability of biomarker measurements of many non-persistent chemicals during several time windows shows that for many of these compounds a few dozen samples are required to accurately assess exposure over periods encompassing several trimesters or months.

TL;DR: The results suggest that PFAS fetal body burden can be assessed using as proxy maternal plasma or serum collected early in pregnancy, and that maternal age might influence PFAS placental transfer.

TL;DR: In this study, PFAS showed little association with birth outcomes and the association between PFOS and LBW seemed to be sex-specific, and maternal GFR measured early during pregnancy had little influence on the estimated associations.

TL;DR: The findings from this study suggest that PFAS exposures during pregnancy may influence lipid metabolism and glucose tolerance and thus may impact the health of the mother and her child.