Mortality study of a PFOA-exposed cohort in the mid-Ohio Valley.
BACKGROUND The C8 Science Panel previously conducted studies of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) exposure in Ohio Valley residents, finding probable links with kidney and testicular cancers, raised cholesterol, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, and pre-eclampsia. Findings were largely based on a cohort of 32,254 person...