Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Babies exposed to chemicals used in non-stick cookware and other consumer products while in their mother’s womb were born at a significantly lower body weight, according a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives , a publication of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.范德比尔特大学医学中心-婴儿暴露在化学物质中使用不粘炊具和其它消费产品，而在母亲的子宫里出生在一个显着降低体重，据一项新的研究发表在环境健康的角度来看，出版全国学院环境健康科学。

Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and UCLA tested blood from 1,400 pregnant women in a Danish birth registry and found that babies of women with high perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) levels were 175 grams lighter than those born to mothers in the lowest exposure level.研究者从范德比尔特大学医学中心和加州大学洛杉矶分校检验血液，从1400名怀孕妇女在丹麦出生登记，并发现婴儿的妇女高亚帕克（辛酸铵）两级共175克，更轻比所生的母亲在最低暴露水平。

Animal tests have previously linked both PFOA and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to cancer and developmental problems.动物试验曾挂两辛酸铵和辛烷磺酸（ pfos ）癌症和发育问题。

“This is a chemical that we don’t know very much about with regard to its long-term effects in humans,” said co-author Joseph McLaughlin, Ph.D., a Vanderbilt epidemiologist. "这是一种化学物质，我们不知道十分关切，但对于其长期影响人类，说： "合著麦克劳林约瑟夫博士，范德比尔特流行病学家。

“It is long lasting and ubiquitous in the environment. "这是长久和无处不在的环境。 It has a long half-life in the human body and it has been found to produce adverse health effects in animal studies but, as to humans, the research is scant and limited to date.”它有着悠久的半衰期在人体中，并已发现产生有害健康的影响在动物研究中，但作为人类，研究很少，仅限于日期。 "

So far, only two studies have been done in the general population.到目前为止，只有两项研究已经完成，在一般人口。 Both show effects on birth weight and other related outcomes, but it is still too early to say anything definitive.既表明对体重及其他相关成果，但它仍是言之过早，通用。 Studies conducted on highly exposed worker populations by 3M, a former manufacturer of these chemicals, did not show any clear adverse effects, although the worker cohorts were small in size.研究进行了高度暴露工人人口300万，前制造这些化学品，没有出现任何明显的不良影响，虽然工人被一伙小尺寸。

“This is a new and growing area of research conducted by epidemiologists and toxicologists around the world,” McLaughlin said. "这是一个新的和越来越多的研究领域所进行的流行病学和毒理学全世界， "麦克劳克林说。 “There are a number of research groups looking at the issues of offspring effects and cancer risk because little is known regarding long-term consequences, if any, of these chemicals in humans.” "有几个研究团体望着问题子代的影响和癌症的风险，因为所知甚少就长期后果，如果有的话，这些化学物质在人体" 。