Agenda
Open House, 6-7 p.m.
Presentation, 7-8 p.m., with time for questions and answers.
Minnesota Department of Health staff will be available for questions after the meeting.
From a Minnesota Department of Health press release:
Results from a follow-up biomonitoring pilot project that measured levels of perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in the blood of east metro residents and compared them to the same individuals' levels from 2008 finds that blood levels of PFCs in the communities studied are decreasing and that efforts to reduce drinking water exposure to PFCs in the East Metro have been effective.
The follow-up project, conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), found that, on average, blood levels of three PFCs declined substantially in the community since 2008: individual levels of PFOS went down by 26 percent, PFOA by 21 percent, and PFHxS by 13 percent. These decreases are similar to those in other exposed communities.
MDH's 2008 pilot project measured PFC levels in adults who lived in Oakdale, Lake Elmo, and Cottage Grove, where the drinking water has been found to contain PFCs. Since the initial discovery of PFCs in drinking water, efforts have been made to eliminate or reduce the levels of PFCs in drinking water to below health-based exposure limits in these communities. Large carbon filtration units were installed at the city of Oakdale's water treatment plant. About 290 homes with private wells in the area affected by contamination were either connected to city water or were provided with carbon filtration devices. MDH continues to test wells to be sure that water levels are below health-based exposure limits.
