A recent study on middle-aged women found that the high presence of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” was linked with an extra 71 percent risk of hypertension, confirming links between PFAS and hypertension in women.
“Several PFAS showed positive associations with incident hypertension,” wrote the authors. “These findings suggest that PFAS might be an underappreciated contributing factor to women’s cardiovascular disease risk.”
The study was conducted over 18 years on 1,058 middle-aged women aged 42 to 52. The researchers compared the women’s PFAS levels and found that though some PFAS chemicals posed risks individually, a collection of various PFAS chemicals elevated risks even further….