Call it cleaning house. Entrepreneurs are getting creative while eliminating the insidious and omnipresent toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The so-called forever chemicals, which are so difficult to ...

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) earn their "forever chemical" moniker by persisting in water, soil and even the human brain. This unique ability to cross the blood-brain barrier ...

They found that the organofluorines — a group that includes per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS — were found in wastewater in eight large municipal treatment plants. The wastewater ...

Some 2.5 million Virginians have PFAS in their drinking water at higher levels than the legal limits recently put forth by the federal government. The numbers, which were self-reported to state ...

The VET PFAS Act could help older veterans with toxic exposure attain the medical treatment they need by expanding eligibility. However, the stark reality is that current laws fail to be inclusive ...

“We discovered of these 22 watch bands that we looked at, that there was PFAS in many of them,” said physicist Dr Graham Peaslee. Peaslee studies contaminants in textiles at Notre Dame and ...

“We actually saw a full-page ad in a magazine that promoted ‘fluoroelastomer’ watch bands, and my research group was surprised to see anybody advertising PFAS in a product,” Graham ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are known as "forever chemicals" because they have been found in environments as remote as the Arctic Circle and as deep as the Marianas Trench.

LOWELL — UMass Lowell researchers are investigating PFAS exposure among construction workers, the university recently announced in a press release. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

Several states are trying to phase out the use of pesticides containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), long-lasting chemicals linked to serious health risks including cancer, liver damage ...

McBrady found herself in the middle of a mounting agricultural crisis that had begun just a few years before. In late 2016, Maine regulators had found PFAS contaminating water wells on the ...