[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Cancer in Merrimack, NH

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN POLLUTED WITH PFAS HAS ELEVATED CANCER RATES
The level of PFOA in the blood of Merrimack residents was almost three times the 2015-2016 national average.

By Sharon Lerner
The Intercept
February 12, 2022

RESIDENTS OF A New Hampshire town where drinking water was contaminated with the industrial compounds known as PFAS have elevated rates of several cancers compared to the national average and compared to several nearby communities that were not contaminated with the chemicals, according to a study published today in the journal Environmental Health Insights.

People living in Merrimack, in southern New Hampshire, had rates of thyroid cancer that were higher than the national average between 2005 and 2014. The authors also found that Merrimack residents had higher rates of thyroid, colon, and prostate cancer, when compared to several nearby towns that did not have high levels of PFAS contamination, as well as a higher risk of all cancers when compared to the relatively unexposed communities.


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For the entire article, see
https://theintercept.com/2022/02/12/pfoa-cancer-new-hampshire-merrimack-pfas-pollution/

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