PFAS health effects and CDC guidelines on how to reduce PFAS exposure with Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH

Where do PFAS come from? Can you get rid of PFAS in your body? In this episode, the CDC covers PFAS products, forever chemicals in food, how to avoid PFAS and what physicians need to know about PFAS symptoms.

Our guest is Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH, the director for the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dr. Bernstein also shares guidelines for physicians on when to test for perfluoroalkyl, or, per- and polyfluorinated substances, PFAS in patients and how PFAS exposure can be harmful. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🥼 ATSDR PFAS clinical guidance: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/resources/pfas-information-for-clinicians.html

🚼 More on how PFAS affects babies, PFAS breastfeeding side effects and contaminants in breast milk (PDF): https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/docs/PFAS-Breastfeeding-H.pdf

🚰 EPA Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-health-advisories-pfoa-and-pfos

💧 EPA PFAS regulations and Safe Drinking Water Act information: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa

🔍 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine NASEM Guidance on PFAS Exposure: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26156/guidance-on-pfas-exposure-testing-and-clinical-follow-up

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