Making the invisible visible: results of a community-led health survey following PFAS contamination of drinking water in Merrimack, New Hampshire

Making the invisible visible: results of a community-led health survey following PFAS contamination of drinking water in Merrimack, New Hampshire

Abstract Background In March 2016, citizens of Merrimack, New Hampshire, learned that their public water supply was contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). A subsequent state-led investigation revealed widespread contamination of both public and private well water with PFOA and several rela...

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Main Authors: Bindu Panikkar, Benjamin Lemmond, Laurene Allen, Carol DiPirro, Shaina Kasper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Environmental Health
Subjects:
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Perfluorooctanoic acid
Perfluorooctane sufonate
PFAS
PFCs
Drinking water contamination
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-019-0513-3

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