Harmful chemicals known as PFAS can be found in everything from children’s clothes to soil to drinking water, and regulating these chemicals has been a goal of public and environmental health ...
If you like rainbow smelt from Michigan lakes, you may want to limit how many servings you eat. The state has recently updated its fish consumption guidelines to account for PFAS chemicals in smelt ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 7—Three Wright-Patterson Air Force Base wells yielded samples with concentrations of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) above ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released new PFAS guidelines last week, which state that the agency would review new uses of “these forever chemicals” to ensure they’re not harmful to human ...
TREMONT, Maine — Two years ago, tests at Tremont Consolidated School on Mount Desert Island found so-called forever chemicals ...
Years of action before federal or state guidelines underscores the company’s ongoing customer commitment to remove PFAS and protect public health Aqua Pennsylvania continues its work to protect ...
In August, I wrote Pulling Back the Curtain on EPA’s PFAS Health Advisories, discussing the EPA’s updated health advisories of 0.004 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOA and 0.02 ppt for PFOS. Health ...
Deputy Steve Luce says he will not commit to further testing of borehole supplies at La Pulente.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Augusta Utilities Department sent a press release to local media stations regarding the quality of the city’s drinking water. It states, in part, “Augusta’s drinking water ...
More than 100 scientists sent a letter to the World Health Organization today urging a complete overhaul or withdrawal of the organization’s draft drinking water guidelines for the two most ...
To continue combating environmental contamination, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued new regulations this week, which take immediate effect for four Per- and ...
Joe Charbonnet receives funding from the US EPA for research that is not directly related to PFAS. This article contains links to resources from the Green Science Policy Institute, which previously ...