A new study finds the bulk of PFAS entering and exiting wastewater treatment plants is made up of fluorinated drugs.

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

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

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 ...

PFAS—which stands for "per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances"—are a category of chemicals used in a wide range of products. In high concentrations, PFAS may have harmful health effects on people ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona city is suing the federal government, claiming toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" released from a nearby Air Force base are causing ongoing contamination of the city’s ...