According to estimates from a new USGS predictive model, exposure to certain PFAS chemicals may pose health risks. An ...
Per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, are chemicals that linger in the body and are linked to health issues like cancer, obesity, liver damage, decreased fertility, thyroid disease, high ...
Health experts have only recently begun to explore the harmful — and potentially carcinogenic — properties of PFAS.
Eleven states enacted laws to restrict the use of “forever chemicals” in everyday consumer products or professional firefighting foam.
More discussion Friday surrounding the presence of PFAS, or forever chemicals, found in Cadillac’s Industrial Park Area. The ...
As the FIU study confirms, rain is a significant pathway for PFAS reintroduction into the environment, where they can build up in water supplies, soil, and the bodies of animals and humans. This ...
A recent report by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows that much of Connecticut’s public groundwater supply areas, including areas that provide water to the state's largest cities, have a high ...
New EPA data re-enforce the need for urgency among activists as almost 500 cities may soon need to act to comply with new PFAS drinking water limits.
High PFAS levels in certain areas of Maine prompt a “Do Not Eat” advisory on deer and turkey meat in some areas of the state.
The City of Hanford announced that their drinking water is free from PFAS, which can cause infertility and increase cancer ...
More than 20% of people in the continental United States ... with PFAS Between 75 and 95 million Americans rely on groundwater potentially contaminated by the “forever chemicals” The U.S ...
The Pentagon and other government agencies have doled out grants to research better ways of dumping those forever chemicals ... in the US that have been used to burn PFAS since 2018, including ...