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Ohio: C8 Science Panel Responds to Release of Preliminary Results on C8
The C8 Science Panel, chosen to determine whether C8 has a probable link with any disease, is making a statement in response to recently released C8 results of preliminary analyses from WVU. According to Dr. Kyle Steenland, one of the C8 Science Panel, “West Virginia University has recently released information from the C8 Health Project. […]
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Major Study of Teflon Chemical in People Suggests Harm To Immune System, Liver, Thyroid
WASHINGTON – A chemical used to make Teflon, food wrappers and dozens of other products may harm the immune system, liver and thyroid and cause higher cholesterol in children, according to the initial findings of a study of 69,000 people in West Virginia and Ohio who live near a DuPont manufacturing plant. The health effects […]
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New Jersey: Teflon discovered in 9 wells in Deepwater, at 35x the standard alert level
DEEPWATER, N.J. (AP) — DuPont says it has found chemical residues from a Teflon ingredient in groundwater near its Chambers Works plant. The traces of the chemical PFOA were found in nine wells around the plant in Deepwater, N.J. The concentrations ranged as high as 35 times the alert level established last year by New […]
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Dust a possible C8 source, EPA study says
Household dust could rival food packaging as a potential major route for human exposure to C8 and related toxic chemicals, two federal government scientists conclude in a new study. C8 and other perfluorinated compounds were found in 95 percent of the dust samples in homes in Ohio and North Carolina, according to the study by […]
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Georgia: Union asks for testing of water
A labor union’s independent sampling of drinking water in Dalton, Ga., found the presence of a carpet industry chemical EPA has labeled a likely carcinogen. Perfluoroctanoic acid, also called PFOA or C8, was found in six of seven tap water samples from locations including the city library, a gas station, a home and a residential […]
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Georgia: Tests set for carpet chemical in Conasauga
DALTON, Ga. — A University of Georgia scientist said studies will be conducted this summer on fish and mussels in the Conasauga River to test for a chemical an Environmental Protection Agency advisory board calls a “likely carcinogen.” Perfluoroctanoic acid, also called PFOA or C8, has been used by the floor covering industry to develop […]
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OECD Report: Hazard Assessment of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and its Salts
The full hazard assessment can be downloaded here: [ PDF] History In 2000 several member countries agreed to informally work together to collect information on the environmental and human health hazards of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to produce a hazard assessment. The decision followed the announcement by a major US manufacturer (3M) to globally phase out […]
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Fetal Growth Indicators and Perfluorinated Chemicals: A Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort
Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) are widespread persistent organic pollutants that have been associated with reduced birth weight at doses expected in many pregnant populations. The authors randomly selected 1,400 pregnant women and their newborns from the Danish National Birth Cohort (1996–2002) to investigate whether these compounds reduce organ growth. PFOS and PFOA were measured […]
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Minnesota: Cottage Grove wary of water assurances
About 80 Cottage Grove residents came to a community meeting Tuesday night armed with questions about the meaning of a Minnesota Health Department announcement last week that a 3M chemical in drinking water poses less risk than first thought. Skeptics included Kathy Lewandosky, who said too little is known about contamination from perfluorobutanoic acid, or […]
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DuPont officials say five of six C8 filtration plants in place
PARKERSBURG — This marks the two-year anniversary since the first C8 water filtration plants went on line. Five plants are operational with construction on a sixth to possibly begin this summer. DuPont officials say the systems have been “effective and efficient” and C8 levels at those sites are below the allowable community exposure standards for […]
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