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“PFAS concentrations in blood samples from 87.4% of those tested in a town in Okayama Prefecture exceeded a U.S. standard for the potentially carcinogenic chemicals.
The Kibichuo town government announced the results of its first blood tests on Tuesday, which were conducted at public expense last year, after PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, were detected at a water purification plant in the town.
‘Honestly speaking, it is higher than I expected,’ Mayor Masanori Yamamoto said at a news conference, calling on the national government to set guidelines regarding the so-called forever chemicals. The government currently does not have standards on PFAS concentrations in blood.” …