[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: New Study Confirms High PFAS Blood Levels Among Firefighters

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

PFAS: New Study Confirms High PFAS Blood Levels Among Firefighters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 
Environmental Working Group
OCTOBER 1, 2019

WASHINGTON – A new scientific review finds “unequivocal evidence” that firefighters using foams made with the fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have “unacceptably” high levels of two toxic PFAS chemicals in their blood. 

The white paper, by an international team of experts for IPEN, a global non-profit network of public interest groups, found "unequivocal evidence from recent studies that firefighters using aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) have unacceptably elevated blood levels of both PFHxS and PFOS.”

The review provides further evidence that PFOA and PFOS – two fluorinated chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases – are not the only members of the PFAS class that pose serious health risks to people.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.ewg.org/release/ew-study-confirms-high-pfas-blood-levels-among-firefighters

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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