Breast Milk and PFASs - Part 4

This fire,,,:

...was started from this paper...:

...that states the following...:

Concentrations of PFOS and PFOA in breast milk are generally between 20 and 100 ng/L,4 and a daily milk intake of about 125 mL/kg body weight5 could easily contribute about 6 ng/kg per day or a total of 1 μg/kg for the recommended 6 months of breast-feeding.

...which they say is a concern because...:

exposure via human milk could therefore lead to elevated serum concentrations in breastfed infants.

... and that it also is...:

a major concern [because] PFAS exposure may undermine childhood immunization programs.

...as well as...:

 increased frequency of common infections

...which then leads all the news organizations and advocates to conclude:

There is nothing to support the statement of "increased frequency of common infections,"  In my last post I went over this, so to summarize, the paper they cited - the one single paper - used data from a questionnaire to determine,,,:

how many episodes of the following diseases/complaints the child had experienced in the last 12 months: common colds and other upper respiratory tract infections (hereafter called common cold), otitis media, pneumonia, gastroenteritis with vomit or diarrhea, and urinary tract infection.

Only the common cold and gastroenteritis gave any kind of statistically significance and that was only for the number of episodes, which I think I showed in my last post was insignificant even though it was statistically significant.

I contend that the evidence presented does not show an "increased frequency of common infections" which means we can cross that off the list as to why "concentrations of PFOS and PFOA in breast milk" could be a "major concern."

This leaves "undermine childhood immunization programs" as a possible "major concern" as all they presented as evidence were two citations.

1. Pre-natal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances may be associated with altered vaccine antibody levels and immune-related health outcomes in early childhood
2. Serum Vaccine Antibody Concentrations in Children Exposed to Perfluorinated Compounds 

Let's have a look shall we...

Next post: Part 5