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“A new study by NC State shows residents in one North Carolina town carried high levels of ultrashort-chain PFAs in their blood years before the region learned its drinking water was polluted, raising fresh questions about the safety of replacement chemicals used after GenX.
The analysis examined 119 blood samples collected from residents in Wilmington between 2010 and 2016. Two ultrashort-chain compounds, TFA and PFMOAA, were present in nearly every sample and made up close to half of all PFAS measured.
‘Finding these tiny compounds at such high levels changes our understanding of exposure,’ said Dr. Jane Hoppin, who leads NC State’s GenX Exposure Study. ‘They were assumed to pass through the body quickly, but sustained exposure through drinking water appears to have driven accumulation. The question now is what that means for health.'” …