[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "At least 6 million at risk from PFOA chemical family"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This describes one of the studies listed in the previous post. - LS]

Study: At least 6 million at risk from PFOA chemical family


by Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette-Mail (WV)
August 9, 2016

Drinking water systems serving at least six million Americans have shown levels of C8 and other similar chemicals higher than a health advisory issued earlier this year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new study published Tuesday by researchers from Harvard University and several other institutions and groups.

The study, though, cautions that another 44.5 million Americans rely on private wells that generally have not been sampled for these chemicals and another 52 million residents are served by small drinking water systems that are rarely sampled. And, the study further warns, studies continue to strongly suggest that exposure to these chemicals can make people sick, even at or below the concentration recommended as acceptable under the EPA health advisory.

“The EPA advisory limit ... is much too high to protect us against toxic effects on the immune system,” said study co-author Dr. Philippe Grandjean of the Harvard School of Public Health. “And the available water data only reveals the tip of the iceberg of contaminated drinking water.”


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For the entire article, see
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article/20160809/GZ0115/160809529

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