Regulating and removing PFOA and PFOS to protect public health

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By Saleha Kuzniewski

In 2006, Environment Canada and Health Canada concluded from their studies that while PFOS were not a health concern at the exposure levels at that time, they declared PFOS and its salts to be environmentally toxic and added these to Schedule 1 of CEPA, 1999. Two years later, in 2008, the Canadian industry shifted from using PFOA and PFOS to other PFAS as alternatives.

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