Some 150 military sites have been given revised timelines for cleanups of chemicals known as PFAS, commonly found in ...

Researchers at Clarkson University have discovered a new way to destroy "forever chemicals," known as PFAS, using only ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law Thursday a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, in firefighters’ protective gear. The ...

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, ...

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The former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, pictured here in 2021, is one of many military bases nationwide contaminated with PFAS chemicals. (Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick/Air Force) This story was originally ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded that PFOA is a human carcinogen (meaning it can cause cancer) and ...

Firefighting foams with PFAS are used to contain highly flammable fires like this that can't be extinguished with water. A state program meant to protect firefighters from harmful PFAS in firefighting ...

The city of Portland is taking on some major manufacturers in a growing fight over PFAS, or “forever chemicals.”The council ...

A grassroots group in Ithaca is pushing back after a state court ruling allowed Cornell University to move forward with installing synthetic turf that independent tests later showed contained PFAS — a ...