Companies making so-called 'forever chemicals' knew they were toxic decades before health officials, but kept that information hidden from the public.
A Teflon company report from 1961 found that low doses of the material made rats' livers grow and advised that the substance"be handled 'with extreme care' and that 'contact with the skin should be strictly avoided,'" the paper showed.
In 1980, DuPont and 3M learned of eight pregnant women who worked in the manufacturing of PFAS, two of whom gave birth to children with birth defects. The two companies not only hid that information from their workers, but DuPont sent an internal memo the following year saying,"We know of no evidence of birth defects caused by C-8 at DuPont."
"In 2019, DuPont de Nemours was established as a new multi-industrial specialty products company. DuPont de Nemours has never manufactured PFOA or PFOS," spokesperson Dan Turner said."DuPont de Nemours cannot comment on allegations contained in the UCSF paper that relate to historical E.I. du Pont de Nemours matters.
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