{"id":5749,"date":"2016-06-29T20:10:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T00:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa-water-contamination\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:54:18","slug":"perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa-water-contamination","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/practice-areas\/perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa-water-contamination\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Water Contamination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/MK-Water-Districts-2020-Digital.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2020-watermk-meme-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11536\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #002b5c;\">NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC is investigating several <span class=\"items\"><span class=\"item\">perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contaminations\u00a0in Colorado, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Vermont<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In response to the growing concern surrounding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued lifetime health advisories for PFOA and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) on May 19, 2016.\u00a0 The new advisories for PFOA and PFOS were set at 70 parts per trillion.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"items\"><span class=\"item\">Perfluorooctanoic acid<\/span><\/span> has widespread application, industrially and commercially. PFOA, as it is also known, has been detected in industrial waste, stain resistant carpets, carpet cleaning liquids, microwave popcorn bags and even some cookware such as Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene). It has been widely used as a water and oil repellent in fabrics and leathers for outdoor clothing, including in the production of Gore-Tex. It was also used as an insulator for electric wires and in firefighting foam.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources of PFOA<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AWWA-Member-240x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/>Perfluorooctanoic acid, or\u00a0PFOA is primarily released directly from industrial sites. For example, the estimate for the DuPont Washington Works facility is a total PFOA emissions of 80,000\u00a0pounds\u00a0in 2000 and 1,700\u00a0pounds in 2004.\u00a0A 2006 study, estimated about 80% of historical perfluorocarboxylate emissions were put to the environment due to fluoropolymer\u00a0use and manufacture. PFOA can be measured in water from industrial sites other than fluorochemical plants. PFOA has also been detected in emissions from the\u00a0carpet,\u00a0paper, and electronics industries. The most frequent emission sources are carpet and textile protection products, as well as fire-fighting foams, commonly used in airport fire prevention and response trainings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition to property damage, <span class=\"items\"><span class=\"item\">Perfluorooctanoic acid<\/span><\/span> has been linked to various diseases and cancers, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>testicular cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>kidney cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>thyroid disease<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>high cholesterol<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ulcerative colitis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>pregnancy-induced hypertension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>developmental effects for fetuses<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>liver tissue damage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>immune system impairments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC is investigating several perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)\u00a0contaminations\u00a0in Colorado, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Vermont In response to the growing concern surrounding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5730,"menu_order":62,"template":"","practiceareas_category":[744],"class_list":["post-5749","practiceareas","type-practiceareas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","practiceareas_category-environmental-litigation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practiceareas"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practiceareas_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas_category?post=5749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}