High Serum Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Tied to Earlier Menopause

In a national sample of US women in their mid-40s to mid-50s, those with high serum levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were likely to enter menopause 2 years earlier than those with low levels of these chemicals.

That is, the median age of natural menopause was 52.8 years versus 50.8 years in women with high versus low serum levels of these chemicals in an analysis of data from more than 1100 women in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Multi-Pollutant Study (MPS), which excluded women with premature menopause (before age 40) or early menopause (before age 45).

Read more Medscape, by Marlene Busko, about High Serum Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Tied to Earlier Menopause

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