Researchers at the EPA U.S. hit on a better approach by chance two years ago, when they placed a PFAS compound in a common solvent called DMSO as part of a toxicity study, the PFAS compound began ...

They also tested popular national and international brands. The first phase of testing found at least one PFAS compound in 80% of beers sampled. The second phase, using multiple cans of each kind ...

The US Geological Survey estimates that nearly half of the country’s tap water could be contaminated with at least one PFAS compound Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

A study published this month in Environment International estimates that at least one PFAS compound “could be detected in about 45% of U.S. drinking-water samples.” PFAS covers a broad range ...

PFHxA is an understudied PFAS compound because it is more difficult to detect in human blood than other PFAS. Researchers found PFOA, a compound that the EPA has determined has no safe level of ...

Of about 3,800 systems included so far, 1,245 measured at least one PFAS compound above the EPA’s reporting levels, according to USA TODAY’s analysis. The EPA plans to collect data from ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In Wisconsin, where late last year Donald Trump said at a campaign stop, “I’m an environmentalist … I want clean air and clean water—really clean ...

To make Gore-Tex and other products, Gore uses a PFAS compound called expanded PTFE. For many years, that compound was manufactured using a harmful chemical called PFOA, which is now one of the ...

“You end up with hydrogen fluoride, as opposed to a PFAS compound,” Mooney said, adding that the hydrogen fluoride can be easily scrubbed or removed. Depending on what temperature Ecoremedy ...

The main suspected cause is pesticides using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), whose active molecules break down to create TFA. Even more concerning, since the 2000s, TFA levels in wine ...