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Minnesota: MDH to test Lake Elmo residents for PFCs
Lake Elmo residents whose private wells have been contaminated with perfluorochemicals (PFCs) will soon get a chance to find out how many of the compounds have accumulated in their bodies under a pilot biomonitoring program that Minnesota Department of Health officials will roll out later this month. In the coming year, the MDH plans to […]
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Ohio: DuPont says filters work, will stop paying for bottled water
DuPont has spent $6 million since 2005 to keep 12,000 residents in the Little Hocking area from drinking a chemical the company uses to make Teflon. The company has spent $3 million on bottled water and $3 million on a drinking-water filter system that should protect against C8, a chemical that the U.S. Environmental Protection […]
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DuPont e-mails about C8 draw panel’s criticism
PARKERSBURG. Public statements by local DuPont officials regarding the outcome of employee health studies were misleading, according to some members of the company’s own Epidemiology Review Advisory Board. DuPont says exposure to ammonium perfluorooctanoate, also known as PFOA or C8, does not pose a health risk to the general public. A small increase in lipids […]
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DuPont says it will not face criminal charges over Teflon reporting
WILMINGTON, Delaware. DuPont Co. will not face criminal charges arising from allegations that it hid information about a toxic chemical used to make the nonstick coating Teflon, the company said Monday. DuPont said it was informed Friday that the Justice Department had finished its review of information obtained in a May 2005 grand jury subpoena […]
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CDC: Spotlight on Polyfluorochemicals
National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Spotlight on Polyfluorochemicals The polyfluorochemicals (PFCs) referred to in this report include the perfluroalkyl acids, amides, and alcohols. This broad class of manufactured chemicals has been produced since the 1950s and is used into make products that resist oil, stains, heat, water, and grease. These products include […]
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A personal exposure study employing scripted activities and paths in conjunction with atmospheric releases of perfluorocarbon tracers in Manhattan, NY
Abstract A personal exposure study was conducted in New York City as part of the Urban Dispersion Program (UDP). It examined the contact of individuals with four harmless perflourocarbon tracers (PFT) released in Midtown Manhattan with approval by city agencies at separate locations, during two types of experiments, completed during each release period. Two continuous […]
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Ohio: C8 Science Panel Initiating Study of How Long C8 Remains in the Body
The C8 Science Panel, appointed by the Wood County Circuit Court to determine whether a link exists between C8 and human disease, is beginning a five-year half-life study of residents served by the Little Hocking and Lubeck water systems. The purpose of this study is to determine how quickly C8 is removed from the body […]
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Minnesota: Lawmakers push for fast action on 3M chemicals
A day after the state declared that fish in Minneapolis’ Lake Calhoun were tainted with a 3M chemical, legislative efforts to protect the public from harm from the company’s chemicals gained momentum at the Capitol. The state Senate voted overwhelmingly to strengthen the public-health guidelines for two 3M chemicals in drinking water, and to order […]
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Minnesota: Two 3M chemicals hazardous, state says
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has decided that two 3M chemicals are hazardous substances, giving it extra legal muscle if necessary to force the company to clean up the pollution spreading underground in the east metro. The chemicals, which were dumped in three Washington County locations decades ago, have seeped into the groundwater and polluted […]
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Minnesota: Public pressure pushes PFC investigations
In the past three months the pace has quickened to investigate and deal with PFCs. Why? In large part, it’s due to public pressure. In January, the health department said the drinking water of more than 140,000 Washington County residents was contaminated with an old 3M chemical. There’s still a lot that’s unknown about PFCs, […]
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