PFAS stands for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group of chemicals that have properties that allow them to repel water, dirt, and oil. You may know them by an older term “PFCs ...

Share on Pinterest Toilet paper is likely a major source of PFAS in wastewater, a new study has found. Image credit: Pui Yee Lee/EyeEm/Getty Images. PFAS are synthetic chemicals found in a variety ...

Photo via Getty Images A consumers’ guide to PFAS. ... Beyond the regulatory world, researchers are leading the way with a vision of what it means to address PFAS contamination at its source.

Tribune News Service via Getty Images, ... The ABC News analysis of reported PFAS water contamination found that 43% of U.S. ZIP codes have had at least one water source where PFAS contamination ...

“That PFAS are being detected in toilet paper is a good example of an instance where intentional use elsewhere in the economy is spilling over and becoming a contamination issue in a product ...

Images captured by the drone show much cooler ground water flowing into the lake. Those sources of ground water are where experts want to test and possibly trace back to a source of PFAS.

The foam used to fight fires involving flammable liquids, such as on aircraft, often contain PFAS which can then get into the wider environment (Credit: Mehmet Kaman/Getty Images) The US is ...

What are the risks? Most of the research about the health risks of PFAS chemicals focuses on PFOS and PFOA, in part because PFOA -- which was known as C8 at the time -- was the focus of a high ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has recently introduced new regulations for PFAS levels in drinking water. Newsweek illustration/ Getty Images ...

Smallmouth bass are one of the freshwater fish species found to have higher concentrations of PFAS. (Getty Images) A new study found high levels of toxic “forever chemicals” in freshwater fish ...

Daniel Acker/Bloomberg—Getty Images. ... other cities included in the settlement were also alleging contamination from AFFF—which is one of the most common sources of PFAS in soil and water.