Researchers at Charles Darwin University, supported by the United States Department of Defense, are attempting to increase ...

Federal standards indicate there is no safe level for certain types of "forever chemicals," meaning even 1 part per trillion ...

The manmade chemicals, which are tied to a host of health ailments, have contaminated sources of drinking water across ...

He realized the material — known as cellulose nanofiber or biogel — had all the right qualities to be an effective fire extinguisher. What if the solution to fighting fires was using the same ...

The legal action comes amid worldwide attention on PFAS, used widely to create products resistant to water, stains, and heat, ...

Cleaning up the soil of a Brussels fire station, contaminated by PFAS-laden fire-fighting foam? A cost of €710,000. Creating a new drinking water catchment far from sources contaminated by the ...

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of ...

including in fire-fighting foam, has seen PFAS contamination and health concerns proliferate across the country. The substances are often called forever chemicals because they do not easily break ...

Firefighters are already exposed to many risks to their well-being. The gear they wear and tools they use to keep themselves and others safe shouldn’t be one of them. New study makes concerning ...

PFAS contamination was found near Holloman and Canon Air Force bases – linked to a fire-fighting foam – as the State brought litigation hoping to force the federal government to clean up the ...

Tucson Water Director John Kmiek says the process can filter out hard to remove contaminants like prescription drug residues, and forever chemicals like PFAS from fire fighting foam. He says ...

Fire stations are also among some of the most PFAS-contaminated hotspots. At the Angus firefighting foam plant and training centre in Bentham, North Yorkshire, PFAS from firefighting foams have ...