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"That's the average amount
in Americans' blood." And they go,
"OK, what's the safe amount?" He goes, "Well, hang on.
Let me do some calculations," And he used data
that they had from the '70s, those monkey studies, and calculated that a safe
level, in his expert opinion, was about 1 part per billion, meaning the average American had 30 times - 3,000% -
more PFOS in their blood than what their head
toxicologist said was safe
in Americans' blood." And they go,
"OK, what's the safe amount?" He goes, "Well, hang on.
Let me do some calculations," And he used data
that they had from the '70s, those monkey studies, and calculated that a safe
level, in his expert opinion, was about 1 part per billion, meaning the average American had 30 times - 3,000% -
more PFOS in their blood than what their head
toxicologist said was safe
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"That's the average amount
in Americans' blood."
00:00:03.281 --> 00:00:04.981
And they go,
"OK, what's the safe amount?"
00:00:05.008 --> 00:00:07.141
He goes, "Well, hang on.
Let me do some calculations,"
00:00:07.241 --> 00:00:10.141
And he used data
that they had from the '70s,
00:00:10.241 --> 00:00:11.701
those monkey studies,
00:00:11.801 --> 00:00:14.054
and calculated that a safe
level, in his expert opinion,
00:00:14.641 --> 00:00:17.141
was about 1 part per billion,
00:00:17.241 --> 00:00:19.061
meaning the average American
00:00:19.161 --> 00:00:23.821
had 30 times - 3,000% -
more PFOS in their blood
00:00:23.092 --> 00:00:26.042
than what their head
toxicologist said was safe.
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Investigates toxic chemicals that have sparked an international health and environmental catastrophe, and examines a decades-long battle between some of the world's largest chemical companies and the contaminated communities fight...
