PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals" are found in manufacturing and consumer products and contaminate nearly half of U.S. water supplies. A novel study has linked PFAS-contaminated water with ...

Sensory receptors that initiate swallow reflex are present only in post part of the oral cavity and upper portion of pharynx. The afferents are carried in glossopharyngeal (IX) and vagus (X) nerves.

PFAS in drinking water is associated with cancer incidence in the digestive, endocrine, oral cavity/pharynx, and respiratory systems.

The ecological study determined that per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water through examination of the associations between PFAS in drinking water measured in two waves ...

“We know that alcohol consumption increases the risk of seven cancer types, including cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, colorectal, liver, and breast,” Dr. Islami say ...