Chemicals found in Tokyoites' blood, likely due to contaminated water

A Tokyo citizens' group said Monday it has detected high concentrations of potentially harmful substances known as PFAS in some western Tokyo residents' blood, suggesting it could be due to contamination of the local water supply by U.S. military base activity.Despite the discovery of high levels of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Koji Harada, an associate professor of public health at Kyoto University, who headed the testing efforts, said it was "highly unlikely to cause acute health effects."PFAS is a general term for a group of artificial chemicals, such as PFOS, or perfluo…READ FULL ARTICLE