Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Treated wastewater and sewage have been applied to agricultural land for decades. But the material can contain harmful chemicals, ...

Over the past several years, Maryland’s legislature has taken important steps to confront the growing threat posed by PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, to public health and the environment.

As public attention on PFAS contamination grows, especially in biosolids used as fertilizers, companies face complex legal ...

Riverkeeper and SELC say 3 Sumter industries are releasing PFAS “forever chemicals” into the Sumter-Pocotaligo River, and ...

Massachusetts lawmakers and advocates who visited Maine on Tuesday are aiming to replicate that state’s playbook in tackling contamination caused by PFAS forever chemicals, particularly sewage sludge ...

As federal regulation of PFAS in biosolids remains gradual, states are leading the charge with diverse policies ranging from ...

On a warm July morning, Joe Suleyman — dressed in a neon vest, short sleeves and blue jeans — stood on a grassy hill in New Hanover County. White clouds drifted across a bright blue sky above a lush ...

PFAS chemicals have quietly spread across millions of acres of American farmland through a decades-old EPA sludge program, ...

Sumter is being accused of polluting the Pocotaligo River with forever chemicals, sparking the threat of a lawsuit by environmentalists ...

South Carolina environmental regulators learned about toxic pollution in the soil of an old farm in 2019, but didn't stop the ...

As federal funds lapse and state grants expire, dozens of Maine schools, mobile home parks and homeowners could be left to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration released a draft guidance document on Tuesday with recommendations for using ...