"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Children with more of the toxic chemical C8 in their blood are more likely to have high cholesterol, according to a new scientific study filed Friday in Wood Circuit Court.

The study, conducted by West Virginia University researchers, found higher levels of C8 "were significantly associated with higher cholesterol and LDL, or so-called "bad cholesterol," according to a summary filed by lawyers for DuPont Co. and Wood County residents.

Lawyers for both sides in a now-settled class-action suit over DuPont's C8 pollution filed the study in circuit court after it was provided to them by members of a three-person science panel studying the chemical's effects as part of that legal settlement."

Ken Ward Jr. reports for the Charleston Gazette October 30, 2009. [2]