ATLANTA — The feds are no longer planning to clean up harmful forever chemicals from our drinking water. President Trump is ...

I felt protected but not claustrophobic. That protection, it turns out, was due to a class of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS and PFCs, that as of January 2025 are now banned from apparel for sale ...

You can investigate your local drinking water PFAS levels using tools like the United States Geological Survey (USGS) PFAS in US Tap Water Interactive Dashboard. On the food front, try to swap out ...

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders of magnitude,” the agency said. By Hiroko Tabuchi For the first ...

Waterways from as far northwest as Washington state and as far southeast as New Mexico have at least some concentrations of PFAS chemicals of concern. Colorado River sampling was comparatively ...

Over the past couple of years there has been a growing focus on PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) — a group of more than 10,000 synthetic chemicals that are widely used in consumer and ...

He became the first Maine farm to close due to PFAS. In 2022, Maine banned sludge spreading, and is now investigating PFAS in retail products and landfills. With hundreds of sludge sites left to ...

Evers also announced a slew of other actions he plans to include in his proposed budget this year, including $145 million to address PFAS contamination across the state, $2 million to provide ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Vancouver’s City Council on Monday night approved a $1.3 million contract to expand efforts to address PFAS -- or forever chemicals -- in the city’s water supply.

Learn more. The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) held a public hearing on Jan. 16 on a proposed rule regarding the unavoidable use of intentionally added PFAS in products. The rule ...