The impacts of toxic 'forever chemicals' aren't the same for women, men

This story is part of a series, “Fighting ‘Forever Chemicals’: Women face pervasive PFAS risks.”

While “forever chemicals” have been linked to numerous adverse health impacts from cancers to kidney disease, they also may have disparate impacts on male and female bodies.  

“Very often you see something in one sex and not the other sex,” said Linda Birnbaum, former head of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program. 

“Forever chemicals,” or PFAS...