PFAS are manufactured “Forever” chemicals that can cause adverse health effects such as cancer and developmental issues.
North Carolina, New Mexico and New Jersey are formally demanding that the EPA start to regulate PFAS air emissions.
U.S. regulators claim they are not legally required to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals in sewage sludge spread on farmland across the country, according to a court filing the government made this week ...
“At this point, the EPA should designate the entire class of PFAS as hazardous air pollutants,” Emily Donovan, co-founder of the non-profit, Clean Cape Fear, a group of residents that advocate for ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the deadline for reporting on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the ...
Every gallon of water pumped from the district’s wells now passes through a few of these tanks for treatment, before going to the homes and businesses of 80,000 people The new EPA PFAS standards ...
As part of the EPA research grant, Texas A&M will study PFAS uptake and bioaccumulation in plants and "advance strategies to remediate PFAS in biosolids" and the soils they end up in. Texas Tech ...
The new EPA PFAS standards are even stricter than California’s: no more than 4 parts per trillion each for PFOA and PFOS, and additional limits for several other PFAS chemicals. By the EPA’s ...
This research will help evaluate PFAS management strategies in agricultural settings. According to the EPA, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — known as PFAS — are widely used chemicals or ...
A NEW PFAS RESEARCH STRATEGY ... LEGIONELLA OUTBREAK IN EPA BUILDINGS: Bacteria that can cause severe lung infections have been found in several EPA buildings across the country, a new E&E ...