PFAS, a group of human-made chemicals found in a wide range of products, have been found in soil at sites in Hay River, Fort ...

Leading chemists have warned against efforts to narrow the scientific definition of PFAS. In a statement published by the ...

CHENNAI: Chennai’s water bodies may be contaminated with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), also known as ...

One or more “forever chemicals” have been found in South Elgin’s groundwater supply by the Illinois Environmental Protection ...

A new treatment approach to remediation developed by H2Plus targets PFAS bonds specifically to provide more comprehensive ...

Increasing environmental events driven by climate change and human activity exacerbate allergy and asthma conditions, further compounded by exposure to persistent pollutants like per-and ...

An Italian court on Thursday sentenced executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water ...

Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder out of working-class struggle, and a gift ...

Their ultra-tough carbon-fluorine bonds take millennia to break down in the environment, linger in bodies for years, and are now found in the blood of nearly every living creature on Earth.

New catalyst developed at Goethe University Frankfurt can break strong carbon-fluorine bonds, with potential applications in pharmaceutical production. PFAS are remarkable molecules in many respects.

Per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), characterized by their ultrastable C–F bonds and pervasive environmental persistence, present critical remediation challenges due to their recalcitrance and ...

The strong chemical bond between carbon and fluorine in these molecules makes PFAS difficult to biodegrade in the environment, hence the term "forever chemicals." PFAS are a highly heterogeneous ...