Hundreds of residents in the Dutch city of Dordrecht have signaled an interest in getting their blood tested for a chemical used at a former DuPont Co. factory, harking back to a similar survey in the U.S. a decade ago that established a probable link to cancer.

Tests were also ordered by Deputy Environment Minister Sharon Dijksma as part of a deepening inquiry in the Netherlands into whether past use of the Teflon ingredient called C-8, or PFOA, at the Dordrecht plant is linked to health problems.

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The links between C-8 and health risks were well documented in the U.S. study that relied on blood tests on 70,000 people. Funded by DuPont, it was part of a unique settlement that Stanford University law professor Robert Rabin said could help plaintiffs and regulators make a case in the Netherlands or elsewhere.