Virtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to newborn human babies, has been touched by the synthetic ...
OEHHA Releases Second Public Review Draft of Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water
After two years, late last week the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released its Second Public Review Draft of proposed public health goals (PHGs) for perfluorooctanoic acid ...
By looking for clues “forever chemicals” leave behind in people’s blood, researchers hope to understand how PFAS affect the ...
NAHA--Water quality checks near U.S. bases in Okinawa Prefecture found alarming levels of a suspected carcinogen and other ...
A class of industrial chemicals linked to a range of health effects, including reproductive and developmental issues, has become a hot-button issue on Capitol Hill, on the presidential campaign trail ...
Designation as a hazardous substance under the Superfund law doesn’t ban the chemicals, known as PFOA and PFOS. But it requires that releases of the chemicals into soil or water be reported to federal ...
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 9, 2025 / Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic compounds widely used in industrial and consumer products for their resistance to heat, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the ...
PFAS are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, highly toxic man-made chemicals used in industrial and consumer products since the 1950s. The chemicals have been added to nonstick cookware, ...
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