Carcinogen in drinking water traced to firefighting foam
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 07:32
in Health & Medicine
Firefighting foam containing highly fluorinated chemicals is contaminating drinking water supplies around many of the nation’s military bases, airports and industrial sites, according to a new study by UC Berkeley and Harvard University researchers. In humans, these chemicals have been linked to kidney and testicular cancer, high cholesterol, obesity and endocrine disruption. The study authors […]