Don’t Drink the Water: Potential Biomarkers for PFAS Bioaccumulation

When to know you should get your blood tested for PFAS. The region surrounding Springfield, MO contains PFAS in the water supply due to ongoing industrial contamination. A trend was noticed at a busy psychiatric urgent care in Springfield, MO whereby it seemed to staff that healthy people had low Vitamin D, thyroid dysfunction, and abnormal lipids. In the majority of cases, these were the only medical problems these people had. The rates of abnormal labs and medications/supplements for Vitamin D, thyroid dysfunction and dyslipidemia in this vulnerable population are reported here.