For decades, the manufacturers of firefighting foam (or AFFF) used dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in their foam that may cause cancer. Many firefighters across the country who have developed cancer ...

Nov. 5, 2024 – Exposure to chemicals called PFAS during young adulthood has been linked to yet another serious health problem – reduced kidney function and kidney disease. Often called ...

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Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a wide range of synthetic chemicals that are used in many everyday products such as cosmetics, fabrics and food packaging (where they are used to make ...

States face uncertainty about their authority under a federal waste law to order PFAS waste cleanups, especially as those orders apply to federal agencies, but pending regulations and an ongoing court ...

Recognized as the industry’s only all-in-one solution to permanently eliminate PFAS “forever chemicals” in municipal and industrial water Gradiant, a global leader in advanced water and ...

Germany has said it will not take any extra action to reduce the discharge of toxic PFAS chemicals into the Rhine, despite calls from Dutch drinking water companies for action. Last month drinking ...

Maine banned sludge spreading in 2021, becoming effective in 2022. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are manmade chemicals resistant to heat, water, and oil used to make ...

Researchers developed a national predictive model using machine learning to estimate PFAS occurrence in U.S. groundwater. Study: Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply ...

The department said in a statement that it sampled wildlife in the area and found they had levels of PFAS in their muscle tissue that warranted the advisory. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

Between 75 and 95 million Americans rely on groundwater that contains detectible concentrations of these chemicals, known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), the U.S. Geological Survey ...