Recognizing where they are used is the first step to finding PFAS-free alternatives or adapting processes. There is an ...

The limits – between 4 and 10 parts per trillion for PFOS, PFOA ... so they go in the trash. No treatment option is perfect, and none is likely to remove all PFAS down to safe levels, but ...

Maryland has filed suit against W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore), a downstream user of PFAS-containing materials, alleging that ...

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden ...

"Once they are released into the environment, they tend to stick around, and this is unfortunate because they have been shown to bioaccumulate in various organisms and plants." ...

"PFAS are incredibly persistent," says Erika Schreder, science director for Toxic-Free Future. "They are not known to break down in the environment at all ... Acid (PFOA) was one of the most ...

In a move that signals potential policy shifts under the new administration, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...

that looks for traces of PFAS in items ranging from industrial equipment, fire suppressants and medical devices to the livers of cows. Cow livers? “It can go from the water to the soil ...

Coatesville, Doylestown, Audubon, New Hope and Solebury water providers are among 22 statewide that fail to meet state requirements to reduce the so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

PFOA, a long-chain PFAS (C8), has been linked to ... the body over time and accumulate more as you go up the food chain. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is currently proposing to restrict the use ...

EGLE spokesperson Scott Dean said the samples contained traces of the PFBS, PFHxA, PFHxS and PFOA compounds of PFAS, all in amounts under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s maximum contaminant levels ...

The town has removed bags of spent activated carbon stored at a local material yard, the suspected source of the contamination, where high concentrations of PFOA, a type of PFAS, were detected in ...