{"id":11820,"date":"2019-10-02T13:05:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/?p=11820"},"modified":"2022-08-15T15:11:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:11:05","slug":"taking-control-of-your-health-medical-monitoring-of-pfas-adverse-health-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/taking-control-of-your-health-medical-monitoring-of-pfas-adverse-health-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking control of your health: Medical Monitoring of PFAS Adverse Health Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Medical-monitoring_web.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11832\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Medical-monitoring_web-1-364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Medical-monitoring_web-1-364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Medical-monitoring_web-1-364-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Medical-monitoring_web-1-364-109x133.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A number of studies have shown links between higher PFAS levels and the likelihood of adverse health effects. This does not mean that all people exposed to PFAS will develop these health problems, but the higher the levels in your blood, the more likely you are to experience some adverse effects. Learn more about the effects of PFAS on the human body.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/Medical-monitoring_web.pdf\">View the fact sheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of studies have shown links between higher PFAS levels and the likelihood of adverse health effects. This does not mean that all people exposed to PFAS will develop these health problems, but the higher the levels in your blood, the more likely you are to experience some adverse effects. Learn more about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002,"featured_media":11829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outreach"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11820"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16821,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11820\/revisions\/16821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/steep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}