Defense Bill Backs Health Study of Chemicals in Drinking Water

摘要

The House on Nov. 14 approved a defense spending blueprint that would support a $7 million national study of people exposed to a group of chemicals widely used to make many consumer and military products. The chemicals used to make products heat-, oil-, and stick-resistant have found their way into the drinking water of more than 6 million Americans, according to a commentary published hours before the vote by 39 physicians, researchers, and environmental organization scientists. The article, published in the Environmental Health journal, describes strategies to evaluate whether exposure to these chemicals is harming people.