Asian Americans’ median level of PFAS was 88% higher than that of whites, research showed.
Levels of heavy metals and PFAS in the blood of Chinese adults in San Francisco are higher compared to other groups throughout California, said Anna Reade, lead scientist on PFAS at the Natural Resources Defense Council.New research reveals that Asian Americans have significantly greater exposure to cancer-linked “forever chemicals” compared to other races.
“Asian Americans, unfortunately, are not that well represented in medical research. There are definitely a lot of things that we don’t know yet,” Liu, an associate professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said. “It would be really important to investigate how this higher PFAS burden Asian Americans might be related to potential health impacts.”
It’s not yet clear what accounts for this disparity, Liu said, and identifying the sources can be challenging given the diversity of lifestyles within the Asian American demographic. But it’s possible that higher exposure could be related to many individuals immigrating from countries with different standards of PFAS regulations, Liu added. She also said that some exposure could be tied to cultural factors, like diet.
Anna Reade, lead scientist on PFAS at the Natural Resources Defense Council, similarly said that cultural and dietary factors could play a role in the disparities, citing freshwater fish as being commonly linked to PFAS contamination. Asians had the highest fish consumption across all major racial groups, according to a“Freshwater fish seem to have a lot higher levels of PFAS because they’re living in contaminated sources of water,” Reade said.
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