PFAS Cholesterol Study Adds to Research on Heart Disease Link

Two older forms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS—perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)—increased the amounts of “bad” cholesterol in people’s bodies, said Jane Hoppin, a biology professor at North Carolina State University and lead author of the study, which was published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.