{"id":4678,"date":"2025-02-24T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2025-03-04T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:02:18","slug":"s02e07-gut-feelings-pfas-microbiomes-and-kidney-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paultalks.science\/blog\/s02e07-gut-feelings-pfas-microbiomes-and-kidney-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"S02E07: Gut Feelings \u2014 PFAS, Microbiomes, and Kidney Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of <em>Paul Talks Science<\/em>, I sat down with <strong>Dr. Hailey Hampson<\/strong>, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of South Carolina and the University of Washington, to discuss a growing but often overlooked public health threat\u2014<strong>PFAS chemicals<\/strong>. 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