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New Publication Assessing Risk from Perfluorocarboxylic Acids in Fluorinated HDPE Containers



ToxStrategies scientists LeeAnn Racz, Alison Gauthier, Jennifer Bare, Melissa Heintz, David Feifarek, Stephanie Kennedy, and Julie Panko assessed the risk of human and environmental exposure to perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), a type of PFAS, in fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers in a newly published article. This study measured the amounts of PFCAs that may be present in the containers as well as the amounts that may migrate to products stored in the containers. The migration results were used to conservatively model potential exposures to six types of consumer and industrial products. These modeled exposures were compared to human non-cancer toxicity values and environmental screening levels as well as to aquatic and terrestrial predicted non-effect concentrations. These analyses indicated no unreasonable non-cancer risk to humans, aquatic species, and terrestrial species from PFCAs in products stored in fluorinated HDPE containers. The new study is available here: Assessment of perfluorocarboxylic acids in fluorinated high-density polyethylene containers and estimation of potential non-cancer risks associated with anticipated use scenarios.