US EditionMétropole De Lyon. Exposure to Pfas: 300 People's Blood Will Be Analysed, a First in France
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Approximately 300 people will participate by the end of the year in tests and will respond to questionnaires. The objective is to measure the presence of PFAS in the organization as well as "potential health impacts".
It is a first in France: a bio-impregnation study around a PFAS pollution outbreak is launched in the Métropole. Named Perfao, it relies on a panel of 300 people south of Lyon. It mobilizes several recognized actors in scientific research to advance in the characterization of pollution and the potential health consequences of PFAS on humans.
Rue89 Lyon This Friday, October 3, the Métropole announced the launch of the first study to measure the pollution of the PFAS in the blood of the inhabitants of southern Lyon. After three and a half years of scandal, this study corresponds to the missing link to potentially condemn, in the long term, the industrialists. Explanations. PFAS in Lyon: what will be the first study on the blood of the inhabitants?
The Lyon Metropolis is launching a large-scale study on the exposure of residents to PFAS, these persistent chemical pollutants. By the end of the year, 300 volunteers, adults and children, will be participating in blood samples to measure their impregnation and assess possible health impacts.
Some 300 people from the Lyon metropolis will participate by the end of the year in a campaign of blood samples and questionnaires as part of an epidemiological study to measure their exposure.
The blood of 300 people is going to be tested.
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