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Treating drinking water to tackle multiple pollutants could prevent more than 50,000 cancer cases in the U.S., a new study ...
Hundreds of thousands of residents are served by the affected systems. City officials must monitor and mitigate the PFAS in ...
The public, legislators, and media often group per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or "forever chemicals," ...
Tyler Hoskins and Andrew Todd of the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources are studying the kinds of ponds many people ...
A new study published in Nature Microbiology has reported a naturally occurring family of bacterial species in the human gut ...
Toxic chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) might have harmful health effects. They are known as "forever chemicals" because they never break down and, when taken ...
The USGS has revealed than around 71 to 95 million Americans may rely on groundwater supplies with detectable levels of PFAS.
Don't see a map? Click here. What are 'forever chemicals,' PFAS? Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, abbreviated as PFAS and known as forever chemicals, have been around since the 1950s.
The government has launched an inquiry into ‘forever chemicals’ increasingly found in Britain’s water supply - but campaigners say not enough is being done.
Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill funding a study of the "forever chemical" PFAS in agricultural fields fertilized with ...
EPA testing shows a greater share of large cities don't meet drinking water standards for forever chemicals. Check your city's results on our map.
A recent study discovered 95% of beers across the US contain forever chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other health issues.