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 ...

Chemical engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new treatment that traps and treats PFAS substances—widely known as "forever chemicals"—in a single, integrated system.

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 ...

Class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerning perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have led to massive settlements by chemical companies that have totaled in the ...

But because it’s essentially concentrated waste, those toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, can become concentrated in it, too. Here are the key findings from The New York Times’s examination of ...

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 ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly called PFAS or ‘forever chemicals,’ are a group of synthetic chemicals that resist degradation – hence the forever moniker – and pose a ...

Their procedure avoids the use of PFAS reagents. It thus provides an environmentally friendly synthesis route for pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds that rely on the presence of the ...

A coalition of environmental groups is raising concerns about the presence of PFAS chemicals in effluent from GlobalFoundries, a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Essex Junction. The plant ...

BOSTON — Even after Gov. Maura T. Healey signed the bill outlawing the sale in Massachusetts of firefighter protective gear treated with PFAS chemicals, the work to remove and restrict the ...

Then, they were tested for PFAS. The researchers — spanning institutions across the state and the Northeast — found in a study published this spring that the Gulf of Maine seafood had levels ...

Hallowell Water District’s PFAS-free spigot, which allows people to avoid the elevated PFAS levels in normal city water, is seen outside the district’s office Friday September 6 in Hallowell.