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A statewide study that included water wells in Lancaster County found that 18% of samples exceeded federal maximum ...
NCDEQ Secretary Reid Wilson toured the Sweeny Water Treatment Plant Friday as PFAS polluters continue to dump into waterways ...
The local water authority is actively seeking advanced solutions to address the challenge of 1,4-dioxane contamination in the ...
The Occoquan Reservoir supplies water for around a million people in Northern Virginia and it exceeds the EPA’s max contaminant levels for forever chemicals.
Louisville’s drinking water utility says a West Virginia factory’s PFAS pollution could cause problems locally. The facility faces a lawsuit for violating its permit.
Treating drinking water to tackle multiple pollutants could prevent more than 50,000 cancer cases in the U.S., a new study found.
Testing revealed that biosolids, or treated sewage sludge commonly used as fertilizer, are a major source of PFAS pollution in the Spokane River watershed.
The EPA recently moved to loosen some regulations on PFAS in drinking water. McGarvey pointed to a plant upstream in West Virginia, which is currently facing legal action from Kentucky.
Environment Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer? PFAS are tied to a host of human health problems, from reproductive issues to high cholesterol to certain types of ...
Nantucket has a PFAS problem in the drinking water. It’s his job to solve it. Andrew Shapero, Nantucket’s new environmental contamination administrator, has his work cut out for him.
Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill funding a study of the "forever chemical" PFAS in agricultural fields fertilized with sewage sludge.
Certain bacteria isolated from soil could knock out "eternal pollutants," substances that, once dispersed in the environment, do not degrade and threaten human and planetary health: per- and ...