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We investigated serum substances in 30 newly diagnosed GD children and 30 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. We measured total iodine by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), analyzed perfluorinated compounds <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MRM-MS), and explored other environmental substances using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography\u2013quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC\u2013QTOF\/MS) analysis. Twenty-nine single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight genes related to GD were analyzed by SNaPshot. The serum total iodine was significantly higher in GD group, but its association with GD onset was weak, only with Exp(B) value near 1. The perfluorinated compound levels were not different between the two groups. More importantly, we found 16 environmental substances significantly different between GD and control groups, among which ponasterone A is a risk factor (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.007 and Exp(B) = 14.14), while confertifoline is a protective factor against GD onset (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.002 and Exp(B) = 0.001). We also identified 10 substances correlated significantly with thyroid indices in GD patients, among which seven associated with levels of the thyroid autoantibody TPOAb. No known SNPs were found predisposing GD. 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