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

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 ...

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

Firefighting foam containing cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ is being phased out in Oregon — but its legacy will linger.

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 ...

Because the carbon-fluorine bond is one of the strongest known forms of chemical bonding, these chemicals do not degrade in the environment, says the National Institute of Environmental Health ...

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

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until ...

PFAS contain carbon-fluorine bonds that are very strong, making them highly stable, but that also means they can accumulate in the environment, ending up in drinking water and food, according to ...

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

The European Commission has proposed an EU climate target for 2040 that allows countries to count carbon credits bought from ...

A lanthanide–carbon triple bond has been created for the first time, specifically a bond between cerium and carbon, encapsulated within a C 80 fullerene cage. This is a significant development in ...