When water flows through the material, it snags and traps PFOA molecules, effectively removing the forever chemical. In lab ...

Bucks and Montgomery County residents who live near military bases had higher levels of four “forever chemicals” known as ...

They measured the compound’s concentration content in a range of chloraminated U.S. water systems, detecting levels as high as about 100 micrograms per liter — surpassing most regulatory ...

Drinking water in developed countries is pretty clean, but hidden nasties can still lurk. One mysterious “phantom chemical” has haunted drinking water for decades, and now researchers have ...

For more than four decades, scientists have noticed a mysterious chemical in the treated drinking water of millions of people in the United States, but no one’s been able to pinpoint exactly ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection adopted new limits on two of the toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS. Often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they don’t naturally ...

The work to remove the chemical compound is costing the water authority an estimated $1,000,000 per year. “I don’t think it’s going to be a significant effect on rates but it will have to be ...

In 2023, Houston's main water system, serving 2.4 million customers, had an average of 2.9 parts per million (PPM) of the chemical used in the treatment process that researchers say creates this ...

Pennsylvania’s new regulations would restrict the PFAS compounds PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) at 14 parts per trillion, and PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) at 18 parts per trillion.

JONESBORO, Ga. — Clayton County is eyeing improvements in its water treatment system to remove trace amounts of chemical compounds that have apparently been part of the background here and ...