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New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) reveals that residents of the Mid-Ohio River Valley (from Evansville, Indiana, north to Huntington, West Virginia) had higher than normal levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) based on blood samples collected over a 22-year span. The exposure source was likely from drinking water contaminated by industrial discharges upriver.
The study, appearing in the latest publication of Environmental Pollution, looked at levels of PFOA and 10 other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 931 Mid-Ohio River Valley residents, testing blood serum samples collected between 1991 and 2013, to determine whether the Ohio River and Ohio River Aquifer were sources of exposure. This is the first study of PFOA serum concentrations in U.S. residents in the 1990s.
"These Mid-Ohio River Valley residents appear to have had concentrations of PFOA in their bloodstream at higher than average U.S. levels," says Susan Pinney, PhD, professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the UC College of Medicine, a member of both the Cincinnati Cancer Consortium and UC Cancer Institute and senior author of the study.
Ohio River PFOA concentrations downstream were elevated, suggesting Mid-Ohio River Valley residents were exposed through drinking water, primarily contaminated by industrial discharges as far as 666 kilometers (413 miles) upstream. Industrial discharges of PFOA to the Ohio River, contaminating water systems near Parkersburg, West Virginia, were previously associated with nearby residents' serum PFOA concentrations above U.S. general population medians.
[...] Pinney points out that the primary concern with PFCs/PFOA is that they take a very long time to leave the human body, and studies indicate that exposure to PFOA and PFOS over certain levels may result in adverse health effects, including developmental effects, liver and tissue damage and immune and thyroid impacts.
(Score: 3, Informative) by kaszz on Saturday May 27 2017, @06:02AM (2 children)
Seems Du Point [soylentnews.org] Poison has been working hard. C8/PFOS is distributed worldwide by now. One known source is firefighters that use foam, especially fires from liquid hydrocarbons like in aircraft accidents etc. So if you live downstream of a firefighter training ground or airport. Watch out!
The effect seems to be cancer within less than 10 years. It depends on dose of course. But here's some examples: Testicular cancer, liver cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, high cholesterol and pregnancy-induced hypertension. Even teenagers get this.
With the new US administration. People will have to run their own tests it seems. Might be a good idea anyway because the cover up earlier was extensive anyway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 28 2017, @05:51AM (1 child)
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 30 2017, @02:35AM
It's been updated now ;-)
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