Health experts have only recently begun to explore the harmful — and potentially carcinogenic — properties of PFAS.

A Society of Plastics Engineers conference looked at the pace of change in finding alternatives to PFAS "forever chemicals" ...

“Forever chemicals” are found in daily items such as food packaging, pizza boxes and guitar strings. They have long been linked to serious health issues. This is a result of their toxicity and ...

A person shops at a home improvement store in New York City in January. Many states have enacted laws this year to restrict ...

Due to the unique properties of PFAS, almost no other chemical substances can compete with them. That explains why it is so ...

But recent research has shown there are ways to significantly reduce the levels of these harmful chemicals in our water. Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a wide range of synthetic ...

So far, regulation of the chemical class has been a "tangled web" due to the nature of the definition of PFAS, said Shalene Thomas, senior emerging contaminants program manager at nonprofit R&D ...

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are omnipresent — found in everything from shampoo bottles to burger wrappers.

Legislative momentum against PFAS has surged this year, as at least 11 states enacted laws to restrict the use of "forever chemicals" in everyday consumer products or professional firefighting foam.

Legislative momentum against PFAS has surged this year, as at least 11 states enacted laws to restrict the use of “forever chemicals” in everyday consumer products or professional firefighting ...