New EPA regulations require local water districts to reduce the amount of the harmful chemicals in drinking water, but the ...
Despite widespread understanding of the health and environmental damages caused by forever chemicals, manufacturers continue ...
“Researchers have found PFAS everywhere they’ve thought to look: the umbilical cords of newborns in Taiwan, the breastmilk of ...
While the EPA's actions around drinking water safety are a success story, there’s one problem: PFAS are not the only harmful ...
The Minnesota attorney general's office is considering a range of options — either through the existing agreement or new ...
Chemists invented PFAS in the 1930s to make life easier: Nonstick pans, waterproof clothing, grease-resistant food packaging ...
PFAS do not break down but rather persist indefinitely. It is possible that Dad drank carcinogenic water for most of his life ...
PFAS are used in consumer goods from carpets to rain jackets, from cookware to cosmetics. They are resistant to heat, and repel stains, oil, and water, but they do not break down in nature. And they ...
Republican leaders in Wisconsin will not attend Gov. Tony Evers' most recent meeting to discuss the spending of $125 million ...
Public concern for PFAS trickling into neighborhoods by way of groundwater grew in 2023 when the Environmental Protection ...
They’re called forever chemicals because they don’t break down completely. The CDC says nearly 97% of all Americans have ...
As DeOrnellas explained, PFAS are called forever chemicals because of how slowly they break down over time. They are ...