Prenatal exposure to chemicals in consumer and industrial items is linked to rising liver disease in children. Researchers from Mount Sinai University have discovered a link between prenatal exposure to various endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the rising prevalence of a potentially cancer-causing
About 6 to 10 percent of the pediatric population are affected by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
“These findings can inform more efficient early-life prevention and intervention strategies to address the current non-alcoholic fatty liver disease epidemic,” said Vishal Midya, Ph.D., first author and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and a member of the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Examples include perfluoroalkyl substances , also known as “forever chemicals” used in nonstick cookware and food packaging, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers used as flame retardants in furniture and infant products. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals interfere with hormone and metabolic systems in people.
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