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- noun chemistry Any
perfluorinated compound .
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Examples
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In 2006, perfluorochemical contamination of two German rivers was traced to fields treated with sludge Environ.
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The US Dept. of Agriculture is presently investigating hazardous perfluorochemical PFOA uptake in meat and milk of livestock grazed on sludge-spread fields in Alabama.
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The development brings yet another player into the decades-long battle over perfluorochemical PFC contamination in the Mississippi River and groundwater in the east metro area, which already has cost 3M millions of dollars in cleanup and remediation.
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PFOA is a type of perfluorochemical, or PFC, that has been manufactured directly and is a byproduct of producing other chemicals.
Signs of the Times 2010
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PFOA is a type of perfluorochemical, or PFC, that has been manufactured directly and is a byproduct of producing other chemicals.
Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews 2010
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THE LATEST: Continuing concern about possible contamination from chemicals produced at 3M's Cottage Grove facility has state health officials seeking volunteers for a study of perfluorochemical levels in
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