Chemical maker DuPont has agreed to a $27 million settlement to resolve a nearly decade-long lawsuit over the contamination of an upstate New York village’s water supply. The deal was ...

The lining on the inside of a nonstick pan is made of plastic. When heated, it can release toxic fumes; when scratched, it ...

New research suggests that exposure to certain synthetic chemicals during early pregnancy may be linked to a higher ...

F urther testing has shown shown raised levels of a potentially cancer-causing substance near to a chemical plant, a council ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will retain current drinking water limits for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), two prominent PFAS ...

Zeldin said in a news release on May 14 that he would keep in place the Biden administration's enforceable standards on two types of PFAS — perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and perfluorooctane ...

On April 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted an additional 30-day abeyance in the challenge to EPA’s Final Rule designating Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and ...

The substance, perfluorooctanoic acid, was found at 8.4 nanograms per liter in the city's groundwater. The federal standard is 4 nanograms per liter.

Contaminating water and soil, human-made "forever chemicals" widely used since the mid-20th century, are facing increasing regulation worldwide.

It came a decade after the public water supply tested positive for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a carcinogenic substance.

This research was published in Nature Water ("Mineralization of captured perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid at zero net cost using flash Joule heating"). PFAS are synthetic ...

Two of the most well-studied PFAS are perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and PFOS. As of 2023, the IARC considers PFOA as carcinogenic to humans and PFOS as a possible human carcinogen.