(THE CONVERSATION) Since the 1940s, companies have been using PFAS – perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – to make products easier to use, from Teflon nonstick pots to waterproof rain gear, ...

Over much of the last 80 years, substances dubbed “forever chemicals,” because of their inability to break down naturally, ...

Researches have learned that restaurant food and takeout meals may be serving up extra helpings of certain toxic chemicals called polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. Consumer Reports says you may want ...

PFAs, also known as 'forever chemicals', account for nearly 9,000 different chemicals, some of which are already prohibited or heavily regulated. Their extensive use has left a lasting mark on both ...

A Senate inquiry has recommended limiting exposure to dangerous PFAS chemicals in Australian food and drinking water.

While concentrations of older “forever” chemicals appear to have decreased in many foods over the last two decades, a new study found that drinking water, along with seafood, eggs, and brown rice, ...

Joelle Scott, a fourth year doctoral candidate, is working on developing membranes to remove polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, ...

The federal inquiry into "forever chemicals" has asked the federal government to review its health advice on PFAS in light of ...

When we talk about the health effects of PFAS, we commonly think about any physical effects on the body. For instance, does ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ruohao Zhang, Penn State; Jiameng Zheng, Louisiana State University ; Wendong Zhang, ...