Fast-food wrappers and packaging that contain so-called forever chemicals are no longer being sold in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. It's the result of a voluntary ...

Recent testing by the Chautauqua-Conewango Consortium shows none of the 55 “forever” chemicals following tests in Bear, Findley and Cassadaga lakes. The consortium’s study, written by Bill Boria, ...

PFAS Free Bandages: Which Brands Steer Clear of Forever Chemicals? That paper cut won’t last forever, but those PFAS? That’s ...

An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from ...

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In 2024, the U.S. Army and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a domestic joint sampling project of private ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as “forever chemicals,” are a very diverse set of organic chemical compounds ...

Almost 10 years ago, the Pease community learned that our drinking water was contaminated with high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from firefighting foam used when the Pease ...

PFAS in Children’s Products is a major focus for state legislators across the country, prompting some of the most stringent PFAS restrictions in consumer products. Thus far, eight states have enacted ...

In June 2025, 11 former executives of the chemical company Miteni were sentenced to a total of 141 years in prison by a criminal court in Vicenza, in northeastern Italy. These former managers were ...

On Nov. 13, 2025, USEPA published a proposal rule that contains significant proposed exemptions to the reporting requirement ...

Damakant Jayshi The Wausau City Council on Tuesday unanimously rejected a proposal to sell the city’s remaining PFAS ...