Panel finds thyroid disease among kids exposed to C8

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Panel finds thyroid disease among kids exposed to C8.

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By Ken Ward Jr. ton Gazette 19 August 2011

Mid-Ohio Valley children with higher exposures to C8 showed a 50 percent

increased risk of thyroid disease, according to the latest report from a

three-scientist panel examining the toxic chemical's potential health

effects.

The latest findings come on the heels of a West Virginia University

scientific paper that raised questions about C8's possible impacts on

thyroid function and another report that found a 25 percent increase in

thyroid problems among members of the general U.S. population with

higher C8 exposures.

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