During a U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing to consider the nomination of Ambassador Barrett, Senator McSally asked about the Air Force's role in addressing PFAS contamination.
Chemical company executives have denied responsibility for a category of toxic fluorinated chemicals that have contaminated water supplies around the US and are now found in the bodies of nearly all Americans.
Over 100 monitoring wells on and near Virginia military bases exceeded EPA safety guidelines for contamination by a group of toxic, firefighting chemicals used widely in Navy and Air Force training.
It seems like the idea of short-term profits has clouded the mind of PFAS producers. The so-called forever chemicals are working out to be a long-term financial disaster.
Groundwater checks over the previous 12 months have detected excessive ranges of poisonous "forever chemicals" throughout the Denver metro space, contamination that's each wider and extra extreme than beforehand recognized.
It's been five years since the military first discovered widespread PFAS contamination at bases in Bucks and Montgomery counties, but the chemicals continue to pollute.
Fort Indiantown Gap Army National Guard base in Lebanon County has been added to the state Department of Environmental Protection's growing list of military and industrial sites where the PFAS class of chemicals has been found.
At least trace levels of toxic fluorochemicals called PFAS have been found at 60 schools, daycares and Head Start centers drawing groundwater from private wells in Michigan.
For years, communities near former military bases have been battling tainted groundwater due to a class of chemicals called PFAS. Now, those chemicals also are showing up in other water sources in the region.
Chemours says it has submitted data to the DEQ that will be used to help determine the best ways to remove PFAS from the Cape Fear River and surroundings.
Kristina Marusic is the recipient of a Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence for her reporting on environmental health and justice in Western Pennsylvania
It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy
Nearly 20 percent of people in Philadelphia are food insecure. We visited the researchers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs changing this by rethinking food waste.
