A proposed bill in the Alabama House would allow residents to care for injured or orphaned animals, regardless of their ...

New research from Colby College has found the footprint of forever chemicals in Maine is growing. That research indicates ...

One big concern is the human health risk from toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals because they don't degrade in the environment. They're linked to ...

Brooks Johnson is a business reporter covering Minnesota’s food industry, agribusinesses and 3M. Chloe Johnson covers climate change and environmental health issues for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

According to one study, “just one gram of duck meat from Holloman Lake exceeded the lifetime exposure limit [of PFAS] recommended for humans,” Hunters in northern Michigan and central Maine were also ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a request for information (RFI) on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used in commerce or potentially used in consumer products ...

A deadly deer disease has found its way into the urban deer population in Cranbrook, in B.C.'s Kootenay region. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in a female white-tailed deer during a ...

A class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) could be added to Canada's list of toxic substances, but it's unlikely to have an immediate effect on communities already ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer and industrial products for their durability and resistance to heat, water and stains. However, their ...

Organics company Synagro pushed back on claims from a lawsuit filed by Texas farmers last year that its biosolids contaminated farmland with harmful PFAS chemicals. The private company released a new ...