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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.
Gaffney wrote that, "DuPont must shape the debate at all levels." He offered several strategies which included the establishment of "blue ribbon panels", the coordination of papers on PFOA and on junk science, the "publication of papers and articles dispelling the alleged nexus between PFOA and teratogenicity as well as other claimed harm." [51]
The Poison Control Centre of Ain Shams University (PCC-ASU) was established in 1981. It is one of the earliest poisoning treatment facilities to be established in the Middle East. It has its own inpatient department, ICU and Analytical Toxicology unit. [21] It serves between 20 and 25 thousand cases a year.
From the 1950s through the early 2000s, 3M disposed of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances produced during the manufacturing process of various industrial products in four dumping sites in Minnesota. [1]
A documentary called 'F.U.: Fentanyl Unlimited' by Charlie Minn features Central Texas parents who lost their teenagers to the deadly drug.
The video racked up 1.9 million views on TikTok A mysterious illness plagued nearly an entire family for nine weeks. Then, the mom claimed, they had been "poisoning" themselves.
For the first time ever, the FDA approved a video game as part of a treatment for children diagnosed with ADHD. The game, called EndeavorRx, is for kids aged eight through 12 to improve attention ...
Plague Inc. is a real-time strategy simulation game developed and published by Ndemic Creations. The game was inspired by the 2011 film Contagion and the 2008 browser game Pandemic 2. [1] The player creates and evolves a pathogen to annihilate the human population with a deadly pandemic.