Class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerning perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have led to ...

Key adverse effects of some PFAS were known by chemical industry scientists decades ago but were not disclosed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the public. But in the C8 report ...

This helped lead to a class-action lawsuit alleging that this contamination—with the PFAS chemical PFOA, also known as ...

Results for GenX, a related chemical that replaced C8, showed 34 parts per trillion ... treated water had no detections of the following PFAS compounds: PFOA, PFHxA, PFHpA, PFNA, PFBS, PFHxS ...

The company started researching alternatives to PFOA, one type of PFAS, in 2006. The process wasn’t easy. One initial step involved converting from one chemistry—long-chain “C8” molecules ...

or C8, and associated compounds such as PFOS and GenX. Read our complete coverage of PFAS pollution.

For example, flossing your teeth is good oral hygiene, but some flosses are coated in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as forever chemicals, which can make consumer ...

PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ... first created PFOA and remains one of the area’s largest employers. In the C8 Project, one of the largest human health studies ever ...

Massachusetts this month became the second state to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from firefighter protective gear after Connecticut approved the first legislation of its kind ...

The chemicals, known as PFAS, are used in a vast range of products. The country cannot afford to let them continue to damage ...

Serum perfluorooctanoic acid concentrations predicted by linked exposure and ADME models were shown to correlate well with observed 2005-2006 human serum concentrations for C8 Health Project ...

In December, Maryland environmental officials began testing drinking water in a set of schools and daycare centers served by wells for harmful PFAS compounds. So far, out of 200 schools and ...