PFAS – News and Features

High levels of fluorinated compounds have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption.

Fire-fighting foam containing highly fluorinated chemicals is contaminating drinking water supplies around many of the nation’s military bases, airports and industrial sites.

A new environmental toxicity study has found that exposure limits for perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) found in drinking water appear to be 100 to 1,000 times too high.

The methodology, developed by researchers from Mario Negri Institute, can be used to monitor and assess human exposure to perfluorinated compounds through sea food consumption.

Serum perfluorooctanoic acid concentrations predicted by linked exposure and ADME models were shown to correlate well with observed 2005-2006 human serum concentrations for C8 Health Project participants.