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Study links testicular cancer among military personnel to PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

www.tucsonsentinel.com Study links testicular cancer among military personnel to PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

A new study found strong evidence that airmen who were firefighters had elevated levels of PFAS in their bloodstreams, and for the first time shows a direct association between PFOS, a PFAS chemical, found in the blood of thousands of military personnel, and testicular cancer.

Study links testicular cancer among military personnel to PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
  A new study found strong evidence that airmen who were firefighters had elevated levels of PFAS in their bloodstreams, and for the first time shows a direct association between PFOS, a PFAS chemical, found in the blood of thousands of military personnel, and testicular cancer.
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