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  2. Are your plastic kitchen utensils toxic? An alarming study ...

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    A December 2024 study in the journal Chemosphere incorrectly calculated the amount of potentially toxic flame retardants that could be present in some black plastic household products such as ...

  3. Are black plastic spatulas really that bad? Your exposure to ...

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    The study, which was published in the journal Chemosphere, detailed how high levels of these flame retardants were found in kitchen utensils, food containers, trays used to hold meat and even toys ...

  4. Carcinogen found in soil at former chemical site - AOL

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    Wyre Council said ICI, and subsequent site owner AGC Chemicals, were permitted to use PFOA from the 1950s to 2012. The substance was used in everyday items like non-stick pans and waterproof clothing.

  5. Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

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    2016 The EPA "published a voluntary health advisory for PFOA and PFOS" which warned that "exposure to the chemicals at levels above 70 parts per trillion, total, could be dangerous." [71] 2016 The city of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, sued 3M a second time for polluting their drinking water with PFAS chemicals.

  6. Perfluorooctanoic acid - Wikipedia

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    In a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) study, lipophobic fluorotelomer-based paper coatings (which can be applied to food contact paper in the concentration range of 0.4%) were found to contain 88,000–160,000 parts per billion PFOA before application, while the oil from microwave popcorn bags contained 6–290 parts per billion PFOA ...

  7. The Devil We Know - Wikipedia

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    PFOA and PFOS are found in every American person’s blood stream in the parts per billion range, though those concentrations have decreased by 70% for PFOA and 84% for PFOS between 1999 and 2014, which coincides with the end of the production and phase out of PFOA and PFOS in the US. [3] The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

  8. Smartwatch and fitness tracker bands have elevated levels of ...

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    Why is perfluorohexanoic acid bad? At baseline, perfluorohexanoic acid is a forever chemical. That means it can build up in the body, with Peaslee noting that perfluorohexanoic acid ...

  9. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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    Certain PFASs are no longer manufactured in the United States as a result of phase-outs including the PFOA Stewardship Program (2010–2015), in which eight major chemical manufacturers agreed to eliminate the use of PFOA and PFOA-related chemicals in their products and emissions from their facilities.