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The studies collectively looked at nearly 30,000 samples, and many linked fetal exposure to PFAS to health complications in unborn babies, young children and later in life. The studies’ findings are “alarming,” said Uloma Uche, an environmental health fellow at the Environmental Working Group, which analyzed the data from the peer-reviewed studies. “Even before you’re born, you’re already exposed to PFAS,” he said. PFAS, or per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of about 12,000 chemicals commonly used to make products resistant to water, stains and heat....