PFAS can be found in cleaning products and waxes as well as other products that resist water, heat, oil, stains, and grease. What are these "forever chemicals" that you’ve been hearing so much about?

NSW Health has confirmed to the ABC it is offering to help councils across the state to test for PFAS "forever chemicals" in water supplies. The decision comes after scientists have warned of a ...

The case originated from a study by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, which analysed water samples collected in Chennai to determine the levels of a family of chemicals known as PFAS ...

The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water remains one of the primary focuses for legislatures and agencies at both the state and federal levels.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Synthetic PFAS chemicals flowing into a Blue Mountains dam in the Sydney drinking water catchment have been detected at levels more ...

DALLAS — The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $3.2 million, split between two Texas universities, to research the impact of biosolids known as PFAS on farmlands and livestock.

Class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerning perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have led to massive settlements by chemical companies that have totaled in the ...

But in the past few years, Yorba Linda has picked up another distinction: It’s home to the nation’s largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) water treatment plant of its kind, according to the ...

For decades, aqueous film-forming foam sprayed from firetrucks at the airport leaked into the groundwater and contaminated 42 nearby residential wells with PFAS — toxic, so-called “forever ...

Per-and-polyfluoroalkyl substances, called PFAS, are a class of manmade chemicals used in the manufacture of everything from rugs to cookware, and many more everyday goods. The chemicals are resistant ...

The U.S. EPA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is delaying its new mandated reporting rule tied to the manufacture and ...