[Blog] Flawed WHO report on ‘forever chemicals’ fails human health, EWG scientists find

By David Andrews, Olga Naidenko, and Alexis Temkin | EWG | October 7, 2022

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"A draft World Health Organization analysis of the two most notorious “forever chemicals” disregards hundreds of health risk studies, claiming there are too many uncertainties to calculate a safe exposure level for the substances.

The two chemicals are PFOA, formerly used by DuPont to make Teflon, and PFOS, formerly an ingredient in 3M’s Scotchgard, both members of the class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

The draft, “Background document for development of WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality,” disregards WHO’s mission of putting public health first: It creates the potential for doubt about how PFOA and PFOS harm people. Instead, WHO emphasizes cutting the cost of removing the chemicals from water."