Wastewater plants are failing to remove a group of potentially toxic chemicals before pumping treated water into rivers and ...

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) earn their "forever chemical" moniker by persisting in water, soil and even ...

Municipal wastewater treatment plants remove less than 25% of extractable organofluorine, with fluorinated pharmaceuticals ...

This year, the Environmental Protection Agency has been doubling down on longstanding plans to begin regulating harmful chemicals from a family known as PFAS, also called “forever chemicals.” ...

The future of public media depends on viewers like you. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have earned the nickname of forever chemicals from their extraordinary ability to ...

“We actually saw a full-page ad in a magazine that promoted ‘fluoroelastomer’ watch bands, and my research group was surprised to see anybody advertising PFAS in a product,” Graham ...

These health-based violations include water that contains Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), otherwise known as "forever chemicals," which can lead to cancers, ulcerative colitis ...

By adding KQGZ to the reaction system and experimenting with various reaction conditions, the team achieved complete defluorination and mineralization of Teflon and small molecule PFAS at low ...