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Complete results of the largest-ever study of the chemical C8's possible health effects have been filed in court - and sealed from the public. By Staff writer Complete results of the largest-ever study of the chemical C8's possible health effects have been filed in court - and sealed from the public.
Wood Circuit Judge J.D. Beane sealed the C8 Health Project database to protect confidential information about nearly 70,000 residents who took part in the study.
The database includes millions of records reflecting C8 blood levels and dozens of pieces of demographic and health history information on each of the study participants.
Two versions of the database - one with identifying data for those taking part and one without that data - were sealed by the judge's 11-page order.
Eventually, results of various studies of the data will be made public. But the raw data will be released only to expert researchers, and then only if they submit a formal request to convince Beane their study plans will protect residents' confidentiality.
"The entire database contains so many elements for each participant that unwanted intrusions, also called data snooping, are not fully preventable in a public-use file," the judge said in an order signed Friday.
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