NASEM Report on PFAS Exposure, Testing and Clinical Follow-up

Laura Anderko, PhD, RN, former co-director of the Region 3 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit – the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE) – housed at Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, co-authored “Guidance on PFAS Exposure, Testing, and Clinical Follow-Up (2022),” from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released July 28 during NASEM’s online public briefing.  The report provides advice to the Centers for Disease Control on who, when, how, and what to test, as well as the benefits and harms of testing.