Originally published August 6 2005
Study says humans ingest C8 through drinking water
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Residents who depend on water contaminated with a chemical used to produce Teflon have up to 80 times more of the chemical in their bloodstreams than the general population, says a University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study.
Citizens who use water from the Little Hocking Water Association were found to have levels of the chemical C8 in their blood 60 to 80 times greater than what is typically found in the general population.
Monday, Aug. 15, at Warren High School.
The latest study on the chemical used at DuPont's Washington Works plant focused on 326 residents from 160 households in the four communities, all of whom were customers of the water association.
The chemical has been used by DuPont at its Washington Works plant across the Ohio River from Belpre and Little Hocking since the 1950s, and it has been a health concern for many residents and officials in the Belpre and Little Hocking areas.
Edward A. Emmett, professor of occupational and environmental medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, said the early results from this study, combined with the uncertainty about the chemical's safety, prompted him to release the results now.
"We felt an ethical and moral obligation that once we were certain the water was the main thing to let people and the authorities and everybody know that," Emmett said in a conference call Wednesday.
Emmett said the third aspect of the study has not been released yet because further analysis is needed.
Dave Freeman, 45, of Cutler participated in the most recent study, and he said the most significant finding is that the chemical is entering people through the water.
Emmett said the study's findings will result in some recommendations, one of which is to ask the West Virginia EPA to reconsider what it considers to be a safe level of C8 in water.
The C8 "safety" level set by the West Virginia EPA and agreed upon by the Ohio EPA for C8 in water is 150 ppb.
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