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^ 4 2 2 - V / 7 6 CANCER PREVALENCE IN SUBJECTS
EXPOSED TO PERFLUOROOCTANONIC ACID (PFOA)
James Dahlgren MD1, Ayman B
Ibrahim M DU' \Raphael Warshaw2,
Harpreet Takhar MPH3
1. UCLA School o f Medicine.
2. Comprehensive Health Screening Services.
3. Dahlgren Medical Group
I'crthiumnei.Huinic Acid iPFOAi n nun-mad* pcrllunmnctaned
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pnsttuouva o| Tvtlnii t and nthef ilunrivhermcal producianti u
btoncrsiaeni ani huvKcumubtc There has been documeu'iitl chrome
esfhvuireto PFOAM'Uk resideni* ear 4 plant using PFOA andother
lluminaled cunnomanti.
Ottr aim era cnaipar* cancer dtunhuuon and cancer prevalence Wt in a ft OA-cspowd pnpidaihut rciutcata1in that ni'ihe industry c* cr rtguftry >bu Irnnt m nccajwooflal cupaacd population and faally 'iboitewnil popalatton iSHPRi We performed a qtwuioaaam: on MMreddcnU living ne a PFOA errng moiwlacturing ptaMoperated by Daprati Cancer Mfiflry dam tern lile PFOA cipoted Oupnat werken war made availabk tfintugh Uaeovery in pndtag iMgattan agaiii Oupmu and w u rm prevjottaly mada available Dm k Im i IAc community for review. The SiHERdata <b used Tercoaipacisna 0the genant population
The overall cancerprevalence rat* u higher Dm PFOA-expnred populawon whencompared reihe general population. Cwnparewi ol' cancerprevalence cue* Tenthe industry cancer registrydata. resident data and SEEA Ushown tn Takt I
Our findingi indicate that the PFOA exposed rcsidcatial population and PFOA-etprwed w hen ha eievated cancer prevalence iTabte U prostate cancer io ihe resident* was prepontenatehr elevated m ag yonng mal. Cervia and uterine cancer rates in rameo were also higher in Ihemuteni pop*non compared to die U S. gvocral population.
The tforibuiiMi ofcancer In the cesidcuis and weaker* 11 diHetent thanexpected. Ofnoie anr ihe (Mian nf eleva#*prevalence mes a f atypical case* tach m S'rm-Hodgkio'i lymph-- u. Leukemia. and Matn Myelon.
D ui data tugged* that ecpoeurv 10PFOA may alter cancer diaributton la capotad population(wmhan and midenwt and may be imponam lieh fielt* for an eecc o f cancer casen
Results
Aro PFOA Lovolo
Location
(Dfib)
1
1 7 .4.3
Link Hodern. Ohio
2
0.4-3.9
Lubnck. WV
a 0.29-0.37 Tuppar* PWno. Ohio
4 o.oa-0.13 Balpro, Ohio
5
0.06-0.1
Mason, WV
a 0.0642.07 Pomoroy. Ohio
1.0-5.0
Dupont. Washington
a 1.75-1.7 GE Plastico
9
0.05-8.5
66 Private Walls WVA &
Ohio
* KilimMcd as 2 1 people per houachoid
S'-'A Not Applicable
Household 4200 3700 4600 6000 4200 1000 N/A N/A 66
Population* 11760 10360 13440 16600 11760 2600 2200 700 190
Figur 1.
F tgon 2. Overview of Washington Mark* PtoM
U S W orknr 4 o o td n rit
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6923
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4 77
6 9923 9.109* O
999 0.000%
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t o t a l _____ 309 -- 68.23-- . L S 9 S *
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10-017% 7.06-0* 2
4 62
* Baaed tut Total Cancer Counta
' Bai.nl on SEER First Malignant Primary
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