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Actual title: "Serum concentrations of PFASs and exposure-related behaviors in African American and non-Hispanic white women"

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We've updated the title from the submitted “Dental flossing linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body”.

All good. Of course my descriptive headline was intended to emphasize the findings of the study. The journal article title simply offers that research has taken place -- and thus, is not nearly as useful. It would have been possible to link to a news article that interpreted the study (and had a 'catchy' title), but I thought HN readers would prefer a primary source. Regards!

example catchy title: 'Oral-B Glide floss tied to potentially toxic PFAS chemicals, study suggests' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/09/oral-b...

Your "more descriptive" headline was misleading; floss was only one of four itemized factors, the more important of which was coatings on food containers.

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