Chemical in Household Products May Be Linked to Heart Disease
Exposure to a chemical used in some common household products may be associated with heart troubles and peripheral artery disease, a new study suggests.
The chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) — which is widely used to make products such as food packaging, paper and textile coatings, polishes and lubricants — is detectable in the blood of more than 98 percent of people in the United States, according to previous research.
In this study, a team at the West Virginia University School of Public Health looked at data from more than 1,200 people and found that increasing blood levels of PFOA were associated with the presence of heart and artery disease.
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