Documents related to the story:

• A researcher's account of why 3M got out of manufacturing PFOA.
• A 2004 memo from the Carpet and Rug Institute to an industry group explaining why they oppose PFOA monitoring.
• The municipality issued this statement from Dalton Utilities to GPB regarding PFOA.
• An email exchange between GPB and the Environmental Protection Agency.
• A 2004 presentation slide show that explains why the Carpet Industry and a "Key Authority" declined to participate in a PFOA monitoring program.
• Completed last year, this Minnesota study was released to the EPA this month. It shows a link between PFOA exposure and prostate cancer. The lead researcher says the results are "confusing" and more research needs to be done.
• This recent University of Georgia study shows that PFOA levels in the Conasauga are at about one part per billion, possibly the highest ever recorded in surface water.
• This April 2004 document shows an EPA group in discussions with the industry regarding PFOA monitoring in the Conasauga.
• The Center for Disease Control PFOA fact sheet.
• An EPA PFOA draft risk assessment. It is not finalized.
• A standards sheet from Georgia's Environmental Protection Division showing that the Conasauga is listed as drinkable and fishable.
• An internal article showing continued pressure on the agency to drop PFOA research.
• The "sales pitch" from the Weinberg Group to DuPont. The Weinberg Group is currently under Congressional Investigation for an unrelated study regarding plastics.
• PFOA stories by journalist Ken Ward Jr., a West Virginia reporter with the Charleston Gazette.
• DuPont's position on the controversial chemical compound PFOA.
• Additional Documentation 1.
• Additional Documentation 2.
• Additional Documentation 3.