PFOA and testis cancer in the Veneto Region (Italy)

• Main Authors: Mario Saugo (Author), Enrico Ioverno (Author), Armando Olivieri (Author), Francesco Bertola (Author), Angela Pasinato (Author), Alan Ducatman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract The largest documented episode of human contamination by PFOA in the world (approximately 150,000 actual residents on 1 January 2020) has occurred in Italy's Veneto Region. In this large, mostly flat plain area, a cluster of testicular cancers has also been observed. Preliminary data a...