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Children and adolescents between the ages of 3 and 17 in Germany have too many persistent chemicals from the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance group, or PFAS, in their blood. These are the findings of an evaluation of the representative German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents, GerES V. In one fifth of the samples examined, the concentration for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was above the HBM-I assessment value defined by the Human Biomonitoring Commission. The current state of knowledge maintains that levels must remain below the HBM I assessment value to rule out any health impairment.