Easy PFAS Quiz

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Almost 70,000 participants were part of the C8 Health Project. Most of these participants were also part of follow-up studies between 2008 to 2011.

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From 2013 to 2015, the EPA required public water systems across the U.S. to monitor for six PFAS compounds in their drinking water system.

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Bilott is a lawyer that represented farmer Wilbur Tennant against DuPont for illegally dumping large amounts of PFOA near Tennant’s property. The case catalyzed legal actions against DuPont, now Chemours, for personal injuries and property damages incurred by PFAS contamination. Bilott’s actions also sparked the C8 study, the largest study of its kind that laid the foundation for understanding the health effects from PFAS exposures.

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It’s false. Although PFAS are widespread in the environment, they are synthetic (i.e., man-made) chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products since the 1950s.

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You may be shocked to know that many household and consumer products have PFAS in them.