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他们认识的魔鬼:化学文件分析工业对PFAS的影响科学科学

Nadia Gaber¹, Lisa Bero², Tracey J Woodruff¹

¹University of California, San Francisco, US.

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|June 5, 2023

概括

工业界在公众之前几十年就知道和多基物质 (PFAS) 是有毒的,抑制研究和扭曲话语. 这凸显了化学安全透明度的必要性,以指导预防策略.

科学领域:

环境科学环境科学
毒理学毒理学毒理学
公共卫生政策公共卫生政策

背景情况:

和多基基物质 (PFAS) 是全球关注的持久性,生物积累性化学物质.
商业生产始于20世纪40年代,但公众对PFAS毒性的认识在20世纪90年代末才出现.
在行业对PFAS危害的了解和公共卫生披露之间存在很大的延迟.

研究的目的:

评估有关PFAS的行业文件.
将行业发现与公共卫生文献进行比较.
了解PFAS毒性的公开披露延迟的原因.

主要方法:

来自UCSF化学工业文档图书馆以前秘密的行业文件的分析.
演编码的应用,以评估企业对科学的操纵.
文献审查以确定关于PFAS对健康影响的公共科学信息的时间表.

主要成果:

公司在1970年就意识到PFAS的毒性,比公众健康承认40年前的40年.
工业界采用了压制不利研究和扭曲公共话语等策略.
在分析的文件中没有发现行业资助有利研究或有针对性的传播的证据.

结论:

工业资助的化学研究缺乏透明度会对法律,政治和公共卫生产生严重影响.
可以揭露行业隐化学危害科学发现的策略.
分析这些策略对于指导未来预防工作至关重要.

关键词:

在PFAS中,我们可以使用PFAS.化学政策化学政策商业决定因素商业决定因素环境健康环境健康产业文件产业文件研究伦理研究伦理学

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