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 ...

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.

THEY TESTED NINE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE ON WELL WATER. SIX CAME BACK WITH PFAS LEVELS BELOW THE FEDERAL LIMIT. ONE SCHOOL’S RESULTS ARE STILL PENDING. TWO SCHOOLS, JACKSONVILLE ...

“Adding these forever chemicals to the list of regulated pollutants addresses a gap in our regulatory authority and makes it possible to tackle a critical part of the PFAS life cycle: air ...

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 ...

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 ...

DALLAS — The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $3.2 million, split between two Texas universities, to research the impact of biosolids known as PFAS on farmlands and livestock.

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 ...

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 ...

LEGAL LIMIT IN APRIL. YEAH. PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, THERE WAS NO ACTUAL LEGAL LIMIT FOR PFAS. ONLY EPA GUIDANCE. BUT AS OF APRIL, THERE’S NOW A FEDERAL LIMIT. AND THOUGH PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES HAVE ...

NSW Health has confirmed to the ABC it is offering to help councils across the state to test for PFAS "forever chemicals" in water supplies. The decision comes after scientists have warned of a ...

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 ...