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Little Hocking Water customers needed for C8 study
An independent four-year study on the effects of C8 on Little Hocking Water Association Service District customers is set to begin this month. About 400 people will be asked in the following weeks to participate in the study by answering surveys and providing samples of blood and/or breast milk. Mailings are going out as early […]
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C8 suspected in birth defects: One woman’s story
Sue Bailey said a simple job transfer at DuPont’s Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia, changed her family forever. It was April of 1980. Bailey, an entry-level operator at the facility, was moved to the Teflon unit where she came in contact with fumes from perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as PFOA or C8, the chemical that gives […]
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Hoosick Falls students ask Cuomo to give them a clean water supply
HOOSICK FALLS, NY – An investigation into how a toxic chemical contaminated the village’s water supply has spread to include the local ballfields. Investigators will test soil in and around the recreational area on Waterworks Road to determine if the same chemical found in the tap water has contaminated the soil, the EPA announced Friday. […]
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Tertiary aiming to tap fluorspar market
Tertiary Minerals (LON:TYM) is the UK’s only public traded fluorspar company – a mineral the firm describes as “strategic”. The AIM group has three fluorspar assets – the Storuman property in Sweden and the Lassedalen project in Norway. It also controls the large MB deposit in Nevada USA which has been its main focus has […]
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Behind the Headlines: Water contamination, PFOA testing
Hundreds of people in the tri-state region have been given the same warning: Don’t drink the water. The discovery of a chemical that studies linked with cancer and other diseases led to households being given bottled water for drinking and cooking. The water isn’t contaminated by something you can see, taste or smell. Small water […]
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PFOA testing to begin in Chittenden County
The state will start preliminary testing for perfluorooctanoic acid, commonly known as PFOA, in 11 locations around the state, the Shumlin administration announced today. Testing will start around industrial sites where PFOA may have been used in the production of Teflon, wire coatings and fire-fighting foam. Testing sites in Chittenden County include areas around GlobalFoundries, formerly IBM, in Essex, […]
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Gov. Shumlin Outlines Next Steps on PFOA Response
MONTPELIER – Gov. Peter Shumlin today provided an update on the State’s response to the detection of the chemical PFOA in southern Vermont and provided information on additional testing that will be conducted around the state. These additional tests are not a result of specific concerns for drinking water safety. Rather, they are being conducted […]
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PFOA. EPA: Hoosick Falls playing fields safe for use
HOOSICK FALLS >> With local athletic fields determined to pose no health risks, environmental officials will soon test soil near a factory suspected of being the source of contamination of village water sources with a suspected cancer-causing chemical. Tests on soil taken from the village athletic fields found low levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, state and […]
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Hoosick Falls students ask Cuomo to give them a clean water supply
High schoolers in Hoosick Falls said they are tired of the slow response by the adults in the community and government to the toxic substance Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which has infiltrated the village water system and made it unsafe to drink. They took matters into their own hands and held a press conference last week […]
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Great Lakes Gull Eggs Contaminated by Non-Stick Chemicals
Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs – the class of chemicals used in DuPont’s Teflon, 3M’s Scotchgard and many other products – pollute the bodies of people and animals in every corner of the world. In the latest findings, Canadian scientists have detected PFCs in virtually all of the eggs of herring gulls sampled in the Great […]