In a shocking exposé of global significance, confidential documents reveal that the chemical industry hid the harmful impact of substances known as “forever chemicals.”
Investigation by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Colorado revealed the industry’s strategic measures to hinder public knowledge of the toxicity of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Employing similar methods first used by Stan Glantz in his research on the tobacco industry, researchers analyzed documents from chemical companies DuPont and 3M.
Newly published in the Annals of Global Health, “The Devil They Knew: Chemical Documents Analysis of Industry Influence on PFAS Science,” states that these chemical manufacturing giants were privy to the detrimental effects of PFAS as far back as the 1960s. Yet, this crucial information remained a secret from the public until the late 1990s….