The executive summary section of the report details at length how the Air Force has worked to treat and/or monitor the presence of PFAS — known as forever chemicals — at multiple locations on ...

A technical article with an austere title ("Grouping of PFAS for human health risk assessment"). Signed by an "independent panel of experts." Published in a peer-reviewed journal belonging to the ...

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York 13699, United States Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York 13699, ...

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 ...

"The issue with them is that they don't destroy the PFAS molecule," Professor O'Carroll said. "It just concentrates them on the activated carbon or the ion exchange resin, and then you have to do ...

Fertilizers that contain treated sewage tainted with toxic PFAS chemicals can be spread on farmland and pose a health risk to people who consume milk, eggs and beef, the agency says. Audio ...

Eighty years ago, scientists did not know how to manufacture PFAS. Now, we cannot get rid of them. Almost every PFAS molecule ever synthesised is still out there. Some do break down — but into new ...

As such, almost every PFAS molecule ever synthesized is still thought to be in the environment. Short-chain and ultrashort-chain PFAS such as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) are small enough to bypass most ...

Freshwater turtles in Australia exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, experienced changes to their metabolic functions, environmental biochemist David Beale and colleagues ...

The southern end of the Botany Aquifer located beneath the Botany Bay area is contaminated with cancer causing chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). A “No swimming no ...

New York has banned the sale of certain new apparel containing PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals”. The law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. The new law is meant to protect consumers from ...

The VET PFAS Act could help older veterans with toxic exposure attain the medical treatment they need by expanding eligibility. However, the stark reality is that current laws fail to be inclusive ...