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Some, but not all, studies in humans with PFAS exposure have shown that certain PFAS may affect growth, learning, and behavior of infants and older children, lower a woman's chance of getting pregnant, interfere with the body's natural hormones, increase cholesterol levels, affect the immune system, and increase the risk of cancer." [82]
NMED said in an analysis of the bill that prevention over the next three years would cost $3.6 million, compared to the $2.7 to $18 million cost of destroying one pound of PFAS from water systems.
PFAS contamination has also resulted in disruptions to the food supply, such as closures and limits on fishing. [96] Fluorosurfactants with shorter carbon chains may be less prone to accumulating in mammals; [51] there is still some concern that they may be harmful to both humans [97] [98] [99] and the environment. [100] [21]
Feb. 3—SANTA FE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced two proposed rules "to ensure that certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as 'forever ...
Previous research has suggested widespread PFAS contamination has been a problem for decades; some recent estimates suggest about 96% of Americans currently have some level of PFAS in their blood.
GenX is a Chemours trademark name for a synthetic, short-chain organofluorine chemical compound, the ammonium salt of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA). It can also be used more informally to refer to the group of related fluorochemicals that are used to produce GenX.
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