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“Humans are exposed to PFAS primarily through eating and drinking contaminated food and water,” Jason Wu, Ph.D., a pharmacologist and nephrologist at the Institute for Human Health and the ...
Researchers have linked exposure to some PFAS compounds to serious health conditions. Two of the primary compounds of concern, PFOA and PFOS, pose a host of potential risks, particularly to ...
In the 2000s, a series of lawsuits uncovered rampant PFOA and PFOS pollution in West Virginia and other states, and linked PFAS exposure to serious health conditions.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( PFAS [1] or PFASs [2]) are a group of synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms attached to an alkyl chain; there are 7 million such chemicals according to PubChem. [3] PFAS came into use after the invention of Teflon in 1938 to make fluoropolymer coatings and products ...
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. PFOA is considered a surfactant, or fluorosurfactant, due to its ...
2018 The Australian National University was commissioned by the Australian Government to conduct a health study to examine patterns of PFAS contamination and potential implications for human health at Defence sites in Australia, with a focus on three sites—Williamtown in New South Wales, Oakey in Queensland and Katherine in the Northern ...
Finally, some good news! Depending on the type of water filter you’re using, yes, you can remove PFAS from your drinking water. “To remove a specific contaminant like PFAS from drinking water ...
Following initial discoveries of groundwater contamination in 2002, the Minnesota Department of Health conducted numerous studies –concluding in 2008, 2010, and 2014 – on the level of PFAs found in the bloodstreams of exposed residents. On February 20, 2018, the state of Minnesota settled its lawsuit against 3M in exchange for $850 million.