Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become prominent environmental and public health concerns. Defined by the OECD in 2020 as “fluorinated substances that contain at least one fully ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The first-ever federal restrictions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water were created last year. Municipalities throughout the country are working to upgrade ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made chemicals used in a wide range of industrial and consumer products due to their water- and oil-resistant properties. 1 First produced in the ...

As the dangers and long-term effects of PFAS come more into focus, detection for the so-called “forever chemicals” remains paramount, but also costly. It’s a hurdle researchers at the University of ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst professors Xiaojun Wei, pictured here, and Chang Liu believe they have discovered a new method to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — “forever chemicals” ...

The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $899,486 in grants to help five communities enhance their public water supplies, ...

Researchers at Griffith University have developed a portable sensor capable of detecting toxic PFAS chemicals in water quickly and on-site, offering a cheaper and more accessible alternative to costly ...

EPA recently proposed significant actions to address PFAS in wastewater under the Clean Water Act by (1) publishing recommended human health water quality criteria used to enact surface water quality ...

The US EPA has cataloged 14,735 PFAS species as manufactured compounds, precursors, and degradation products.1 This makes their systematic and thorough monitoring particularly challenging. This study ...