Coordinator Margaret Gregor says 50 families are now receiving bottled water from the agency after samples tested above ...

Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Wausau in January initiated a comprehensive legal battle against multiple corporations doing business ...

Perpetua Resources, the mining company planning to dig in the mountains outside McCall, promises to clean up the site — including the damage done by decades of previous mining.

The chief executive of water quality platform 120Water, Megan Glover, said only a "handful" of the most prevalent PFA ...

The EPA’s draft assessment applied to just two types of PFAS, known as PFOA and PFOS. They are among the most widespread and well-studied of the thousands in the “forever chemical” family.

Called “forever ... alternative to chemical fertilizers. For decades, fertilizers made from sewage have been promoted as a sustainable way to recycle municipal waste. The EPA has even supported ...

While the EPA said Tuesday that the general food supply is not at risk, these “forever chemicals,” as they are sometimes called, can pose a threat to the health of people who drink a lot of ...

Invisible, omnipresent "forever chemicals" have been linked to a wide range of serious effects on human health, prompting ...

Jan. 14—Forever chemicals in sewage-based fertilizer spread on pastures can increase cancer risks for people who consume milk, beef, eggs and other products from those farms, with some risks ...

That could change as a result of the agency’s new analysis, published Tuesday in what the EPA calls a draft risk assessment. Forever chemicals have been widely used for decades in firefighting ...

In its latest analysis, the EPA focused on two of the most widely studied forever chemicals: perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), used by 3M for decades to make Scotchgard stain repellent ...