EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has ...

Forever chemicals are a threat to public health. They can sicken people who regularly eat fish tainted by the chemicals or ...

These so-called “forever chemicals” keep Lee Ferguson up at night. The professor of civil and environmental engineering, who has a secondary appointment in the Nicholas School of the Environment, has ...

A little-known river near Sumter has the highest levels of PFAS and other "forever chemicals" in the nation, per a new ...

PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are toxic substances that break down very slowly in the environment. North Carolina has some of the highest concentrations in the nation but only recently started ...

North Carolina Environmental Regulators at War Over Water Rules for ‘Forever Chemicals’ In June, the state found PFAS at an elementary school at levels up to 233 times greater than federal limits.

North Carolina's Department of Environmental Quality, along with the environmental departments for New Jersey and New Mexico, pushed the Environmental Protection Agency to add four PFAS – known ...

Environmental groups fear rescinding standards on forever chemicals will harm North Carolina. By Michelle Alfini, wsoctv.com. May 14, 2025 at 3:36 pm EDT. Expand.

North Carolina forever chemicals could be designated hazardous air pollutants. Share Copy Link. Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 12:10 PM EDT Aug 30, 2024 ...

Most recently, PFAS have been linked to firefighting equipment in Southeastern North Carolina and sea foam along New Hanover and Brunswick County beaches.. Lead researcher Jennifer Hoponick Redmon is ...

A recent study discovered 95% of beers across the US contain forever chemicals, ... it identified that beers brewed near the Cape Fear River Basin in North Carolina exhibited the highest levels ...

A South Carolina river has been found to be one the most contaminated with toxic forever chemicals of any waterway nationally, according to a study of rivers in 19 states.