When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

Explore the health risks of PFAS compounds like PFOS and PFOA, ... 46 and the EU, 47 are summarized in Table 1. Table 1. Maximum allowable PFAS concentrations in drinking water (US vs EU). Compound.

Chow, an associate professor whose expertise is in analytical chemistry and electrochemistry, is collaborating with Environmental Engineering Assoc. Prof. Weile Yan to develop a new way to break down ...

But the quest to curb how much PFAS reaches dinner tables ... adopted a much stricter advisory of just 0.02 parts per trillion for pfos—and only 0.004 per trillion for another PFAS compound.

Long-lasting environmental pollutants known as PFAS, or "forever chemicals," can remain in the environment for up to 1,000 years after being used. A team of researchers has developed a chemical ...

But as the production and use of specific PFAS compounds, namely PFOA and PFOS, has declined, so, too, have the levels found in people’s bloodstreams, by 70% and 85% respectively from 1999 to 2018.

Steph Gans with Clean Water for N.C. speaks at a public hearing in downtown Raleigh on December 3, 2024. She urged state environmental officials to pass the proposed groundwater standards for ...

Beth Valentine, Director of the PFAS Fund at Maine DACF, emphasized the importance of the research. "The $3 million that had just been awarded is the first round of grant funding to help us really ...