Eleven states enacted laws to restrict the use of “forever chemicals” in everyday consumer products or professional firefighting foam.

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

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 ...

“Forever chemicals ... chemistry. PFAS molecules contain long chains of these bonds, but the research team was able to identify a huge weakness common to a certain type of PFAS.

PFAS is a collective name for some 4,000 “forever chemicals” that do not break down in the environment. For example, PFAS is used in the non-stick coating of pans and to make rainwear ... at the beach ...

While many brands today claim their cookware is free of these chemicals, there are more coatings than just Teflon, so even if ...

Legislative momentum against PFAS has surged this year, as at least 11 states enacted laws to restrict the use of "forever chemicals ... that contain fluoropolymers," a type of PFAS.

The lawyer told Newsweek there is a growing body of literature establishing causative links between forever chemicals and cancer.

They are known as "forever chemicals" because they never break down and, when taken in, remain present in the human body.