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Secret industry documents reveal that makers of PFAS forever chemicals covered up their health dangers samacharcentral.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from samacharcentral.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The chemical industry took a page out of the tobacco playbook when they discovered and suppressed their knowledge of health harms caused by exposure to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), according to an analysis of previously secret industry documents by UC San Francisco (UCSF) researchers.
DuPont and 3M, the largest manufacturers of PFAS "forever chemicals," hid unfavorable findings from the public, government regulators and their own employees.
Researchers at the University of California, found executives were first alerted to the health risks in 1961, but failed to raise the alarm until the 1990s when their hand was forced by lawsuits.