Communicating Health Concerns Related to PFAS/PFOA

The Water Center at Penn is conducting research on generally available PFAS/PFOA health literature and corresponding outreach communications to assess how public health concerns regarding PFAS/PFOA are messaged, and how accurately the communications are relayed.  Activities will include a synthesis of generally available PFAS/PFOA health literature, and a robust desktop analysis of the methods and modes of communication for the aforementioned literature review.

Task Description

The Penn Water Center will investigate how health concerns related to the presence of PFAS/PFOA in a water system are communicated to the public by performing the following activities:

1. Conduct a comprehensive literature review of existing PFAS/PFOA health impacts communications materials.
2. Conduct a robust desktop analysis of the accuracy, as well as methods and modes of communication used for PFAS/PFOA health literature.

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