EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has ...

It’s not uncommon nowadays to fill a glass of water from your tap and wonder what chemicals and contaminants may be lurking ...

They're called "forever chemicals" or PFAS — synthetic chemicals that are used in a wide range of products like food ...

The Waterkeeper Alliance has identified a river in the country with the highest levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

Research shows gut microbiome could help eliminate persistent PFAS that linger in bodies for years, as scientists work to ...

One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water system, it said, was polluted with a ...

Forever chemicals are a threat to public health. They can sicken people who regularly eat fish tainted by the chemicals or ...

Cambridge scientists have spotted gut bacteria that greedily soak up PFAS “forever chemicals,” then ferry them safely out of ...

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for ...

"Forever chemicals" or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in consumer and industrial products ...