Title: PFOA and High Cholesterol: Basis for the Finding of a Probable Link

Kellyn S. Betts writes about environmental contaminants, hazards, and technology for solving environmental problems for publications including EHP and Environmental Science & Technology. About This Article open Citation: Betts KS. 2014. PFOA and high cholesterol: basis for the finding of a probable link. Environ Health Perspect 122:A338; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.122-A338 News Topics: Cardiovascular Health, Drinking Water Quality, Exposure Science, Fluorinated Compounds, Water Pollution Published: 1 December 2014 PDF Version (654 KB) Related EHP Article Modeled PFOA Exposure and Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, and High Cholesterol in Community and Worker Cohorts Andrea Winquist and Kyle Steenland The C8 Science Panel was created as part of a class action settlement to study the relationship between perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and disease in the community surrounding DuPont’s Washington Works facility in West Virginia.1 The panel of three epidemiologists has judged there to be a “probable link”2 between exposure to PFOA and several health conditions: kidney and testicular cancers, pregnancy-induced hypertension, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, and high cholesterol.3 In this issue of EHP, panelist Kyle Steenland and colleague Andrea Winquist, both of Emory University, report part of the basis for the probable link with high cholesterol.4 Nearly all U.S. adults sampled in the nationally representative U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examina...
Source: EHP Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Featured News Science Selection Cardiovascular Health December 2014 Drinking Water Quality Exposure Science Fluorinated Compounds Water Pollution Source Type: research