When I called the epidemiologist Denis Nash this week to discuss the country’s worsening COVID numbers, he was about to take a rapid test. “I came in on the subway to work this morning, and I got a text from home,” Nash, a professor at the City University of New […]
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A first-of-its-kind study looks at the biological processes triggered by PFAS compounds. Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of compounds that are common in industrial and consumer products. Now, a new review of 26 PFAS substances is raising concerns about characteristics that the chemicals share with known carcinogens. […]