High Levels of PFOA Found in Mid-Ohio River Valley Residents From 1991 to 2013
Friday, May 26, 2017 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) reveals that residents of the Mid-Ohio River Valley 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. This is the first study of PFOA serum concentrations in U.S. residents in the 1990s.