Increasing testing for PFAS is part of the UK's first ever national plan for tackling the substances.

One of the ways that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) earn their “forever chemical” nickname and persist in the environment is their acidity. Many of these toxic chemicals are highly acidic, ...

A major investigative collaboration among five newsrooms shows how chemicals used to make carpets stain-resistant have contaminated swaths of the South. In the mills of northwest Georgia, workers ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts ...

PFAS are harmful ‘forever chemicals’ that have been linked to cancer and other serious health risks. This summer, the Danish Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality, together with the European ...

As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants ...

New research indicates that a pregnant mother’s exposure to a class of persistent synthetic chemicals is associated with specific structural and functional characteristics of her child’s brain. The ...

An elementary school in the Red Lion Area School District found its well water surpassed state limits for PFAS, known as "forever chemicals." The district spent about $38,000 on a new filtration ...

In the mills of northwest Georgia, workers treated carpets with these chemicals starting in the 1970s. Carried in manufacturing wastewater, the chemicals spread into rivers and, ultimately, drinking ...

A major investigative collaboration among five newsrooms shows how chemicals used to make carpets stain-resistant have contaminated swaths of the South. In the mills of northwest Georgia, workers ...