Efforts are also underway to phase out nonessential uses of PFAS. Some U.S. states have banned PFAS in consumer products like ...

Public wastewater systems throughout the state, including those in Salem and Eugene, offer biosolids to farmers to fertilize fields.

Local officials are waiting for what comes next at the federal level while they continue to grapple with a toxic chemical ...

PFAS “forever chemicals” pose a growing risk to drinking water in New York’s Finger Lakes region, according to a feature published this week in The Citizen.

Swiss startup Oxyle announced a $16 million funding round to enhance its technology for destroying PFAS (per- and ...

When Fajer Mushtaq turned on the tap as a child in Delhi, one question always loomed: was the water safe? Today, that same ...

Swiss startup Oxyle announced a $16m funding round to scale its breakthrough solution to destroy, not just relocate, PFAS from wastewater. This builds on its $3M pre-seed round in 2022, growing ...

The foam is common in fire departments across Maine. The Portland Fire Department is in the midst of that transition, having swapped AFFF in two of three fire trucks stationed at the Jetport for a ...

Apple has been sued for allegedly selling wristbands for its smartwatches that contain high levels of "forever chemicals" known as PFAS that may be linked to harmful health effects in humans. The ...

The study, by researchers at the University of Notre Dame, found that Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances—otherwise known as PFAS, harmful chemicals that can be absorbed through the skin—were ...

It will soon consider a state take-back program intended to rid Maine of harmful PFAS-laden firefighting foam. State lawmakers don’t have to decide what to do with DEP’s remaining PFAS money ...

A survey of the UK public commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has found that 90% believe it is ‘very important’ that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are controlled in food, ...