Some of the foam tested by UNH researchers had anywhere from seven to 70 times as much the “forever chemical” PFAS in it compared to the water just below it, said Paula Mouser, professor of ...

REALITY IS THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN EXPOSED FOR DECADES. ANDREA AMICO’S FIGHT AGAINST DANGEROUS PFAS CHEMICALS IS PERSONAL. THE REASON WHY I CARE ABOUT PFAS IN THIS AREA IS BECAUSE MY FAMILY ...

But experts say there's a chance you've come in contact with cancer-causing chemicals like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the water. "Unfortunately, there's over a decade worth of ...

Exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals has been linked to various potentially life-threatening illnesses, including multiple types of cancer. Sadly, firefighters often encounter PFAS more regularly on the ...

THE STUDY VOLUNTEERS HAD NO SPECIFIC REASON TO THINK THEY HAD BEEN EXPOSED, BUT WHAT RESEARCHERS FOUND WAS HIGH LEVELS OF PFAS CONTAMINATION IN THEIR BLOOD. SO EVEN WITH THE SMALL SAMPLE SIZE ...

Last year, Connecticut joined a handful of states in banning a range of consumer products containing added PFAS chemicals. The legislation, Senate Bill 292, passed with overwhelming bipartisan ...

Elisabetta Donadello “poisoned” her children. After unwittingly living off polluted land in northeast Italy for decades, she had toxic chemicals in her blood – which she passed on with each ...

Researchers have identified 170 locations where “unusual” concentrations of PFAS are present in Dutch lakes, rivers, and ponds, the infrastructure inspectorate said on Tuesday. University of Utrecht ...

As cleanup continues in the West Plains, the federal governments’ plans to strictly regulate PFAS was scrapped last week by the new administration of President Donald Trump. Known as “forever ...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently warned that sludge could contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, posing health risks to farmers, livestock and the environment.