Brooks Johnson is a business reporter covering Minnesota’s food industry, agribusinesses and 3M. Chloe Johnson covers climate change and environmental health issues for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow,” the dialogue-free survival tale of a solitary cat’s journey that won both the Oscar and Golden Globe for best animated feature earlier this year, has been ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a request for information (RFI) on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used in commerce or potentially used in consumer products ...

A class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) could be added to Canada's list of toxic substances, but it's unlikely to have an immediate effect on communities already ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer and industrial products for their durability and resistance to heat, water and stains. However, their ...

Organics company Synagro pushed back on claims from a lawsuit filed by Texas farmers last year that its biosolids contaminated farmland with harmful PFAS chemicals. The private company released a new ...

Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A new report shows at least two of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s three water treatment plants are coming up short when it comes to “forever chemicals,” with only ...

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