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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA;
conjugate base perfluorooctanoate; also
known colloquially as C8, for its 8-carbon
chain structure) is a perfluorinated...
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followed by
polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF). For decades,
DuPont used
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8)
during production of PTFE,
later discontinuing...
- more than
twenty years litigating hazardous dumping of the
chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and
perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). They were unregulated...
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perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), and the
perfluorocarboxylic acids like
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). As with
other surfactants,
fluorosurfactants tend to...
- acid, a
moderately strong acid of
interest in
research community.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA),a
surfactant used to make
fluoropolymers such as Teflon...
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compounds were
detected in the
blood serum of consumers, and in 1976,
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or a
related compound such as PFOS were
suggested as components...
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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...
- "PFOA", but has
difficulty learning about it. He
learns that PFOA is
perfluorooctanoic acid,
which DuPont uses to
manufacture Teflon, a
substance widely...
- DA (August 2010). "Epidemiologic
evidence on the
health effects of
perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)".
Environmental Health Perspectives. 118 (8): 1100–1108...
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polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), GenX,
perfluorooctanesulfonic acid,
perfluorooctanoic acid,
byproducts of
production of the
fluoropolymer Nafion; and intermediates...
