Researchers at UNH used a newly designed skimmer to test samples of foam formed on the top of local waterways for the ...

Even though the town learned in July last year that perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and other organic fluorine compounds were present in local tap water, it held off making an announcement ...

Scientists have identified a form of bacteria that eats the toxic "forever chemicals" that leach into the water supply by way of manufacturing. Better yet, the bacteria also munch on the chemicals' ...

The agency noted there also is a pre-existing statewide advisory for all freshwater finfish and shellfish caught in ...

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the Environment Ministry sets a provisional target for restricting the combined presence of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and other substances to no more than 50 nanograms per liter of water.

Bacteria could well be our allies in the fight against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), these so-called forever pollutants. A team from the University of Buffalo has discovered a ...

Maui County firefighters involved in the response to the 2023 Maui wildfires had higher median summed concentrations of some PFAS than other responders.

On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its “Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid ...