A new Penn Nursing study suggests that the specific sedatives used during critical illness in early childhood may have long-term implications for a child’s neurocognitive development. Martha A.Q. Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor in the Department of Family and Community Health, and the Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. co-led the study with R. Scott Watson, MD, from Seattle Children’s Hospital.

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Current laws are not doing enough to protect the environment or public health against toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), warns a new study. 

PFAS are a family of nearly 15,000 synthetic chemicals used in everyday products since the 1950s, from non-stick cookware and waterproof clothing to firefighting foam. Because they are extremely resistant to breaking down, they build up in the environment and in living organisms, earning their nickname 'forever chemicals'.  

New research, the latest in an ongoing partnership between the University of Portsmouth and the Marine Conservation Society tested for PFAS in the Solent, a stretch of water between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.