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Congress allocated approximately $17 million in EPA’s fiscal year 2025 budget to modernize outdated technical systems and ...
Alchemy founder James Murdoch argues why the circular economy isn't just good for the planet – it makes business sense too.
PFAS linked to a fluorochemical plant were found in household dust in homes near the plant in North Carolina, with higher concentrations closer to the plant. Over 90% of samples contained other ...
One program that survived, though, was the EPA’s effort to monitor public drinking water systems for almost 30 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. They’re part of a class of ...
Across the globe, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — often called ‘forever chemicals’ due to their persistence in the environment — have seeped into drinking water, soil ...
And within the waters of Lake Michigan, as in 45 percent of the water in the U.S., lurks a toxic class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. PFAS are commonly found in ...
Learn more. Harpswell is seeking accountability and answers about PFAS pollution coming from the former Brunswick Naval Air Station after a spill of firefighting foam last summer. In a February ...
Though the filter drastically reduces the detectable amount of PFAS in the water, he’d rather not give it to his dogs as they are smaller and a small amount could have more of an impact on them.
The NIOSH team found the highest concentrations of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid, or PFHxS — one type of PFAS — among firefighters. In fact, one firefighter had about 2.5 times the recommended ...
In Johnson County last year, a local investigator and a lab found high levels of PFAS on a ranch thereafter cattle and fish started dying. PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," don’t break ...
Researchers found significantly higher levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in homes closer to the facility, suggesting air emissions may be contributing to indoor contamination.