Eurofins Environment Testing Launches PFAS Exposure™ Self-Collection Blood Test LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS), such as PFOA and PFOS, known as “forever chemicals”, characteristically resist natural breakdown in the environment and human bo...
A world-first Australian clinical trial has found regular blood or plasma donations can reduce levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in the blood by up to 30 percent. The trial is the first to find an effective intervention that reduces levels of the substances known as “forever chemicals”. Perfluor...
The only way you can tell for sure if you have PFAS in your body is through a special blood test. How common Is PFAS exposure? According to the CDC, nearly everyone in the U.S. has been exposed to PFAS at some point in their life, so most people will have the chemicals in their...
Giving people at high risk of PFAS exposure the opportunity to easily self-test could improve access to testing for these "forever chemicals" and lead to the early detection of detrimental health conditions, according to a new Michigan State University study. The study tested an improved approach ...
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for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tests a very large group of people for PFAS and other chemicals and tells us about average exposures in the U.S. population. These studies can be used to compare your blood test result to what is known about levels in people throughout the country...
A cross-sectional study enrolled 192 claimants from a class-action lawsuit, not affiliated with this study, who had been awarded a blood test for 13 PFAS. Study participants provided their blood test results and completed a survey about demographics; 105 participants also completed a health survey...
Revive’s Annihilator and other nascent destruction technologies show the first signs of promise that these “forever chemicals” can be removed from the environment permanently, limiting further human exposure and risk. But destroying PFAS is only one step in the full remediation process. Across the...
In humans, PFAS are associated with cancer, fetal abnormalities, high cholesterol, and thyroid, liver, and reproductive disorders. The chemicals have accumulated in soil, water, and wildlife, and studies have shown that nearly all Americans have measurable amounts in their blood. ...
Over the past two years, 3M sold nearly 25,000 different products that contain PFAS, the "forever chemicals" that will soon be largely illegal in Minnesota.