Widely used in consumer and industrial products, including fire-fighting foam, PFAS are now cropping up in ground water near military bases, airports, factories.
Four Air Force bases in South Carolina are severely contaminated with chemicals that scientists continue to investigate for possible links to thyroid disease, pregnancy complications, and kidney and testicular cancers.
New Yorkers might want to offer a qualified cheer after the state Department of Health, in a long overdue move, recommended new drinking water standards for three hazardous chemicals.
Editor's note: This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between Environmental Health News and PublicSource on PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania and was funded in part through the Bridge Pittsburgh Media Partnership.
The Trump administration objected to PFAS-related items in the House defense spending bill, along with a list of other disagreements, including over provisions that would impede Trump’s efforts to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
President Trump threatened to veto a military spending bill in part due to provisions that aim to clean up a toxic, cancer-linked chemical found near military bases.
San Francisco firefighters had higher levels of mercury and other dangerous chemicals after returning from the deadly Tubbs Fire of 2017, a new study indicates.
Governor Lamont's task force will investigate what can be done at the state level to address hazardous chemical spills like the one last month that resulted in 40,000 gallons of firefighting foam washing into the Farmington River.
The Guard will be starting additional sampling at the base this summer to determine the extent of PFAS contamination from a no-longer-used firefighting foam.
Too much nitrogen killed off corals in the Keys, and, as reefs suffer around the world, this new research offers lessons learned in Florida that could save other nutrient-loaded corals
As warming waters and acidification threaten corals around the world, scientists are gathering clues to save the charismatic colonies and bolster biodiversity
