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Minnesota: Health Department will measure PFC levels in adults near 3M plant, landfills
THE LATEST: Continuing concern about possible contamination from chemicals produced at 3M’s Cottage Grove facility has state health officials seeking volunteers for a study of perfluorochemical levels in residents near the plant and several landfills. BACK STORY: PFC-containing wastes were disposed in a number of landfills in the east metro and have seeped into the […]
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Trout used as ‘lab rats’ in cancer study
For 40 years, Oregon State University scientists have fought cancer with an unusual warrior: rainbow trout, a strain from Mount Shasta, Calif., to be specific. “They’ve definitely done their work in the war against cancer,” said Gail Orner, an assistant professor who often works with the Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory. OSU has 30,000 fish at […]
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West Virginia: DuPont reports elevated cancer rates in workers
PARKERSBURG — DuPont Co. has discovered evidence of elevated cancer rates among employees at its Washington Works plant, according to records turned over to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Seven plant employees past and present have been found to have similar cases of carcinoid tumors, which are “rare, slow-growing tumors that usually appear both in […]
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Credibility Gap: Are New Food Packaging Chemicals Any Safer?
DuPont and other chemical companies have promised to phase out a cancer-causing chemical found in grease-resistant coatings for food packaging. But the new, supposedly green chemicals the industry is pushing as a replacement may be no safer. An investigation by Environmental Working Group (EWG) found there are almost no data publicly available on the health […]
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Ohio: C8 Science Panel Makes Duplicate Data Available
The C8 Science Panel, chosen to determine whether C8 has a probable link with any disease, is now making duplicate copies of portions of the C8 Health Project data available to those Health Project participants who may have lost or misplaced their results. The duplicate data is for the level of C8 and the nine […]
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Nonstick Toxicity: Chemical promotes cancer development in fish
The experiments were fishy. But they appear to have uncovered something that rodent studies missed: a potential cancer risk posed by a compound used to manufacture nonstick coatings. By mimicking the action of estrogen, this chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid, can promote cancer development, researchers report in an upcoming Environmental Health Perspectives. Better known as PFOA, perfluorooctanoic […]
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Ohio: C8 information sealed by court
PARKERSBURG — A recent Wood County Circuit Court order seals information gathered during the C8 Health Project, but qualifying medical schools and other experts can petition the court for their own analysis and review. DuPont paid for the massive health project as part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed by residents who […]
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Ohio: C8 panel to do interviews with 40,000 residents and 6,000 former DuPont workers
The C8 Science Panel wants to interview some 40,000 Mid-Ohio Valley residents about their medical history in an ongoing effort to determine if there is any link between the chemical and various diseases. Over the next few weeks, introductory letters about the follow-up studies will be mailed to adults who signed consent forms for the […]
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Ohio: C8 Science Panel Begins Follow-Up Studies of Community and Workers
The C8 Science Panel, chosen to determine whether C8 has a probable link to any health effects, will begin sending introductory letters in the next few weeks to those involved in their community and worker follow-up studies. The introductory letters will be followed by interviews in the fall, in which study participants will be asked […]
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WVU releases preliminary data of C8 study
PARKERSBURG—Reaction has been swift to preliminary data released by West Virginia University that says C8, used by DuPont Washington Works in the manufacture of Teflon and the subject of a class action lawsuit here, may cause weakening of the immune system, liver damage, thyroid problems and higher cholesterol in children. DuPont Washington Works’ discharge of […]
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