High levels of PFOA found in mid-Ohio River Valley residents from 1991 to 2013
Friday, May 26, 2017 - 11:11
in Earth & Climate
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.