This article provides an overview of PFAS, including their chemical properties, health effects and regulatory limits. It also ...

A group of manufactured chemicals called hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls, or OH-PCBs, which persist in the environment despite a ban on production, are associated with an increased risk of ...

A Marketplace investigation exposes how advertisers can use mobile games that attract children to collect information about the players and build advertising profiles. (Turgut Yeter/CBC) You can ...

PFAS, also known as PFCs, are a category of synthetic chemical that are used to make man-made products waterproof. They're used in outdoor clothing for waterproofing – a job they do very well. But ...

Multiple Texas farming families have discovered that their land and animals were poisoned by fertilizer containing PFAS, human-made chemicals found in everyday products. The fertilizer, made from ...

Julius Baer Group Ltd. said it’s nominating ex-HSBC Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn as its next chairman, in a high-profile win for the Swiss private bank. Julius Baer’s board of ...

The study is the first to “definitively demonstrate” the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of more than 14,000 man-made chemicals, in human brain tissue ...

The proposed standards mirror EPA recommendations for PFAS levels, aiming to aid residents with contaminated private wells. MADISON — The policy-setting arm of the Department of Natural ...

In January 2025, the Trump administration withdrew a proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan that aimed to establish federal discharge limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set federal limits on harmful chemicals called PFAS, commonly known as forever chemicals, in drinking water. The rule is the first of its kind in the ...

There's less toxic PFAS, or "forever chemicals," in raincoats and other products sold in Canada, thanks to new rules elsewhere. But where are PFAS still found? What are the rules here anyway?

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