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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA;
conjugate base perfluorooctanoate; also
known colloquially as C8, for its 8-carbon
chain structure) is a perfluorinated...
- acid, a
moderately strong acid of
interest in
research community.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA),a
surfactant used to make
fluoropolymers such as Teflon...
- more than
twenty years litigating hazardous dumping of the
chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and
perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). Bilott's litigation...
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mammalian life been
studied in depth. For decades,
DuPont used
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8)
during production of PTFE,
later discontinuing...
- The
timeline focuses on some
perfluorinated compounds,
particularly perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and
perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and on the companies...
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director Stephanie Soechtig regarding allegations of
health hazards from
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, also
known as C8), a key
ingredient used in manufacturing...
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Robert Bilott filed a
lawsuit against DuPont,
alleging chemical waste (
perfluorooctanoic acid)
fouled the
property of a
cattle rancher in Parkersburg, West...
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persistent organic pollutants;
perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are most
often researched.
PFAAs have been
found in trace...
- the
blood serum of consumers, and in 1976 it was
suggested to be
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or a
related compound such as PFOS. In 1997, 3M detected...
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Center in Maplewood, Minnesota, in 1962. In 1947, 3M
began producing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by
electrochemical fluorination. In 1951,
DuPont purchased...
