C-8 TWENTY-FIVE TIMES HIGHER IN LOCAL RESIDENTS BLOOD NEAR DU PONT

(10/09/2006)

Early results from thousands of blood tests on Ohioans and West Virginians who live near the DuPont chemical plant at Washington WV show high levels of a chemical used to make Teflon. The average level of the chemical C-8 in resident's blood is about 25 times higher than normal. The tests were part of a lawsuit settlement against DuPont filed by residents who claimed C-8 from the company's plant near Parkersburg contaminated their water supplies. READ Ken Ward's story   C8 levels far above normal - sundaygazettemail.com

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