When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS tainted ...

Many clinicians remain unaware of the health risks linked to PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, ...

Maine was among the first states to begin extensive water and soil testing and to try to limit further public exposure to ...

Under the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dealt two substantial blows to efforts to turn waste plastics ...

The "Safer Beauty Bill Package" would ban the most toxic ingredients in everyday cosmetics and create protections for the ...

"Will doom us to decades or even hundreds of years more of exposure." Scientists outraged as US cuts threaten food supply and ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health found that certain kinds of ...

Vivien Leigh and photojournalist Derek Thayer share some of the most recent research and studies to better understand PFAS chemicals and their impacts.

Exposure to a class of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-often called "forever ...

The discovery has raised health concerns and calls for both safer ingredients and clearer labeling from manufacturers.

When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, first learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS taint their home’s well water, they wondered how their health might suffer.

New Mexico is home to the most highly polluted body of water in the world, according to University of New Mexico researchers. PFAS, a group of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ linked to health problems, is ...