Study links C8, high cholesterol levels
DuPont's Washington Works Main Plant is located along the Ohio River in Washington, West Virginia, approximately-seven miles southwest of Parkersburg, West Virginia.
PARKERSBURG – A study in the C8 health project found children with higher levels of C8 in their blood tend to also have higher cholesterol, but the data doesn’t prove whether C8 caused it, the report said.
The study, filed Friday in Wood County Circuit Court by the C8 Science Panel, says researchers found higher levels of C8 are significantly associated with high levels of cholesterol. Earlier research tied C8 exposure to high cholesterol levels in adults.
This study was led by collaborators to the Science Panel, including West Virginia University, Stephanie Frisbee, Anoop Shankar, Sarah Knox and Alan Ducatman.
”These investigators have access to the same de-identified data set originating from the C8 Health Project as we do,” the Science Panel said in the report. ”All three Science Panel members are co-authors on the report being submitted to the journal and concur with its findings.”
Those conducting the study found serum perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C8) has been associated with total cholesterol and other lipids in some studies of exposed workers.
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