Air Force and state health department officials say they could soon be contacting homeowners about potentially sullied water wells or other possible risks to contamination.
Dark Waters dramatizes the true story of a former corporate lawyer who exposed the effects of toxic PFAS chemicals discharged into a creek in West Virginia.
The Wisconsin DNR is investigating after PFAS was discovered in water wells in the city of Rhinelander. PFAS are chemicals used in various products, including firefighting foam.
Editor's note: This story was originally published by PublicSource and is part of an ongoing collaboration between Environmental Health News and PublicSource on PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania.
Up to 40,000 residents of towns contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foams are set to sue the Australian government, making it the biggest class action lawsuit in the country's history. There are fears that the chemicals may increase the risk of cancer.
The bill establishes statewide uniform requirements restricting some uses of Class B firefighting foams containing added PFAS chemistries for training, restricting their use in testing, while also allowing for continued sale and use against fires.
Thousands of construction sector workers protested in the Netherlands against the government's decision to impose restrictions on toxic PFAS chemicals and nitrogen emissions.
Talking to Black residents living in communities along and near Route 65 about where they live and their experiences in these places, in the context of their connections to water.
American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.
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