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Stain-resistant, nonstick, waterproof, and lethal : the hidden dangers of C8 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyons, Callie, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Subjects:
Fluorocarbons > toxicity > United States.
Carcinogens, Environmental > adverse effects > United States.
Environmental Exposure > adverse effects > United States.
Environmental Pollution > adverse effects > United States.
Perfluorooctanoic acid > Toxicology.
Perfluorooctanoic acid > Environmental aspects > Ohio.
Perfluorooctanoic acid > Environmental aspects > West Virginia.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : PFOA 101
  • The Tennant farm, Washington, West Virginia
  • Dupont Washington Works and the history of C8
  • Dupont Washington Works : a history of contamination
  • Welcome to Little Hocking, Ohio : the most C8-contaminated place on earth
  • The conspiratorial bureaucracies
  • The environmental working group
  • The federal investigation
  • The class action lawsuit and the groundbreaking C8 health project
  • Dr. Emmett's alarming study
  • 3M and the Scotchgard phaseout
  • Strange science
  • The canary in the coal mine : polymer fume fever
  • A growing controversy
  • Known pathways to human exposure
  • The slowly dwindling future of C8.