Environmental pollutant level during pregnancy linked with grown daughters who are overweight

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

The levels of the environmental pollutant perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that mothers had in their blood during pregnancy increased the risk of obesity in their daughters at 20 years of age.

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