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Environmental agencies are often quick to declare the air, water and soil safe after chemical disasters like the Ohio train derailment — but huge knowledge gaps exist.

Environmental agencies are often quick to declare the air, water and soil safe after chemical disasters like the Ohio train derailment — but huge knowledge gaps exist.

“The only word I can come up with is gobsmacked,” said Wendy Thomas, recalling her reaction when she opened the lab report after getting her blood tested for PFAS. “Numb. Raw.”

“The only word I can come up with is gobsmacked,” said Wendy Thomas, recalling her reaction when she opened the lab report after getting her blood tested for PFAS. “Numb. Raw.”

“The only word I can come up with is gobsmacked,” said Wendy Thomas, recalling her reaction when she opened the lab report after getting her blood tested for PFAS. “Numb. Raw.”

PFAS have been linked to a long and growing list of health concerns. Scientists are beginning to better understand how these chemicals affect so many different organs and systems in the body.

Advocates for kids in Franklin with rare cancers have waited about six years for new federal guidelines for identifying cancer clusters.

The new guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognize that not every person who gets exposed to one cancer-causing chemical — or multiple — will get the same type of cancer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will investigate long-term health risks linked to contaminated soil and drinking water at the now-defunct Fort Ord in California. Patrick [...]

Documents have been uncovered reporting that toxic chemicals were found in the drinking water and soil at the US Army's Fort Ord. Last week, after government officials had known this for decades, the CDC is investigating whether those chemicals are the cause of cancer in hundreds of former residents.