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Early 2018 Department of Health & Human Services's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) was about to publish its assessment of PFAS chemicals, with a focus on two specific chemicals from the PFAS class—PFOA and PFOS—that have "contaminated water supplies near military bases, chemical plants and other sites from New York ...
Many PFAS such as PFOS and PFOA pose health and environmental concerns because they are persistent organic pollutants; they were branded as "forever chemicals" in an article in The Washington Post in 2018. [12] Some have half-lives of over eight years due to a carbon-fluorine bond, one of the strongest in organic chemistry.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; conjugate base perfluorooctanoate; also known colloquially as C8, for its 8-carbon chain structure) is a perfluorinated carboxylic acid produced and used worldwide as an industrial surfactant in chemical processes and as a material feedstock.
The study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University raises new health concerns for communities that sit among the chemical plants lining a stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and ...
Two of the most common types (PFOS and PFOA) were phased out of production in the United States (US) in 2002 and 2015 respectively, but are still present in some imported products, and were replaced by the similarly toxic GenX in Teflon products. PFOA and PFOS are found in every American person’s blood stream in the parts per billion range ...
Minor winter events are deadlier (at least in the Midwest) than notable winter storms due to heavier traffic on roads and more dangerous road and visibility conditions than perceived, according to ...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences , Environmental Protection Agency , Food and Drug Administration , and Center for Disease Control's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry are all conducting ongoing studies to assess the implications of exposure to PFAs on the body and/or awarding grants to universities for the ...
Make sure you know what these plants look like and where you can find them. This guide includes common plants that are toxic to the touch and to eat. A guide to some of NC’s most dangerous ...