Tag: PFAS

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a growing concern because of the many health impacts associated with exposure and their tendency to persist in the human body for months to years and in the environment for thousands of years.

Although progress on limiting has stalled in the U.S. Congress, states are introducing and passing their own regulations and bans on forever chemicals.

The researchers' hope that their map can be a tool for both other scientists and state and federal regulators to better understand and manage PFAS pollution in the U.S. 

Water quality guidelines deem rainwater is now unsafe to drink.

"[The] EPA must urgently follow up this rule with strong science-based and equitable actions to regulate PFAS as a class."

This sustainable PFAS clean-up system could scale for commercial use, leading to a better way to remove these chemical pollutants from the environment.

The new health advisory finds no safe level for "forever chemicals" in United States water systems.

“We’re glad the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office is taking steps to hold PFAS manufacturers accountable for the financial burden that communities are facing as they try to provide their residents with safe drinking water."

“Parents shouldn’t have to strap their child into a car seat that exposes them to toxic chemicals.”

The report found the chemical, which is used in firefighting foam, in the blood of residents in a community located near an Air National Guard base.