PFAS linked to a fluorochemical plant were found in household dust in homes near the plant in North Carolina, with higher concentrations closer to the plant. Over 90% of samples contained other ...

Learn more. Harpswell is seeking accountability and answers about PFAS pollution coming from the former Brunswick Naval Air Station after a spill of firefighting foam last summer. In a February ...

In Johnson County last year, a local investigator and a lab found high levels of PFAS on a ranch thereafter cattle and fish started dying. PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," don’t break ...

Across the globe, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — often called ‘forever chemicals’ due to their persistence in the environment — have seeped into drinking water, soil ...

And within the waters of Lake Michigan, as in 45 percent of the water in the U.S., lurks a toxic class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. PFAS are commonly found in ...

The NIOSH team found the highest concentrations of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid, or PFHxS — one type of PFAS — among firefighters. In fact, one firefighter had about 2.5 times the recommended ...

A Blue Mountains resident with three cancer cases in his family wants the government to offer free PFAS testing. The NSW health minister says blood testing has "no value", angering locals.

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One program that survived, though, was the EPA’s effort to monitor public drinking water systems for almost 30 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. They’re part of a class of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Department of Health announced on Monday that traces of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been detected in water samples at a well treatment ...

238, a bill that would further phase out the sale and production of consumer products containing added PFAS, a class of thousands of hyper-durable chemicals linked to a host of cancers and health ...

The report , externalsets out 13 recommendations on blood testing, re-testing, and potential interventions for islanders affected by PFAS chemicals. PFAS are known as "forever chemicals" because ...