The 35 women surveyed were working with toxic substances without proper protection. Of the 35 women found 33 pregnancy problems or fertility problems.
According to Dr. Atie Verschoor, chemist Ecemed in Rijnstate Hospital in Velp and VU professor Toxicology prof. Dr. Jacob de Boer, the matter would Dimethylacetamide ( DMAC) are the cause of the problems. DMAC is necessary for the production of Lycra yarn, which was made at the factory.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) DMAC is classified as SVHC. This material would be very harmful to the unborn child and the reproductive organs.
DuPont said in a response never aware they have been made from health to former employees.
PFOA
DuPont was already bad in the daylight when it became known that people who had lived for years exposed through the air near the plant to the substance perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). These values were higher than was permitted by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
The RIVM looked distribution of the substance in the period 1970 to 2012. The organization is engaged in additional research.
PFOA was used until 2012 for the production of Teflon. In 2013, the substance in Europe on the list of Very High Concern Substances placed because the substance is persistent, toxic to reproduction and possibly carcinogenic
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