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Pittsburgh's Neville Island residents could have been drinking PFAS-contaminated water for a month, township officials say

Test results show that the drinking water is currently safe.

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.

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Sparse turnout in Greene County for hearing on proposed coal waste facility

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Toby Rice wins control of EQT after proxy battle

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Justice

Demanding change, Clairton residents and activists rally for cleaner air

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Homestead panel examines bridging the blue-green divide

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Water

Ohio River water quality standards diluted by multi-state agency

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Pa. DEP orders Energy Transfer to fix damage to streams and wetlands

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Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority customers want reimbursement for private lead line replacements

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From our Newsroom

Pittsburgh's Neville Island residents could have been drinking PFAS-contaminated water for a month, township officials say

Test results show that the drinking water is currently safe.

Sparse turnout in Greene County for hearing on proposed coal waste facility

Toby Rice wins control of EQT after proxy battle

Demanding change, Clairton residents and activists rally for cleaner air

Homestead panel examines bridging the blue-green divide

Could solar's outlook in Pennsylvania be sunny, even if the skies are not?

Ohio River water quality standards diluted by multi-state agency

Pa. DEP orders Energy Transfer to fix damage to streams and wetlands

Judge rules Range can't depose Post-Gazette reporters or see their notes

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority customers want reimbursement for private lead line replacements

Cleaner air, but not clean enough for Mon Valley, Pennsylvania, residents

More Pittsburgh-area children are tested for lead, while home repairs try to keep up

Eliza Griswold, who documented the impact of fracking in Washington County, wins Pulitzer Prize

Settlement deal, including $200,000 fine, worked out on Mariner East pipeline problem

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority adds lead-reducing chemical to city water

Exposed: On the edge of research honesty

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Exposed: Deciphering the real message about BPA

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

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Exposed: Toward a BPA-free future

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

Test results show that the drinking water is currently safe.

Is a federal study of BPA contaminated by questionable motives, methods?

The ongoing health concerns and mixed messaging over the chemical BPA

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.

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

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