Watch The Devil We Know, (available for a fee on Amazon) and read this article
(https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/toxic-secrets-professor-bragged-about-burying-badscience-on-3m-chemicals-20180615-p4zlsc.html)
and this other article (https://theintercept.com/2019/06/18/pfoa-pfas-teflon-epa-limit/) and then answer these
questions by Monday, Sept 21st:
- When the film was made, which six health conditions had been found by the C8 panel to have "probable
links" to PFOA exposure? - Which endpoints have we started investigating since? In other words, which other health problems have
been linked to PFAS since the C8 panel finished its work? - What level did we think was safe when Buckey was born?
- What limit does Linda Birnbaum (the former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences) now suggest is safe? - Occupational exposure is, of course, the biggest risk. What are the other main routes of exposure to PFAS?
- Why hasn't the government done more to regulate these chemicals? What is regulatory capture?
- What can you do to reduce your exposure?
[Note that PFAS is a generic umbrella term for all the perfluorinated chemicals. PFOA, PFOS, and GenX are
individual examples of chemicals in this category. There are over 5,000 PFAS chemicals today.]
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