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Landfill operators say they need the extra trash to manage Maine’s sludge—but conservationists are pushing back.
Critics are hounding the administration of President Donald Trump for killing $15 million in research on widespread PFAS ...
How concerned should we be about PFAS in our drinking water? Professor Rainer Lohmann answers this question and more.
More than two-thirds of the sewage sludge produced in Florida ends up on lands in the St. Johns River Basin. This disparity ...
The Waterkeeper Alliance report found levels of 'forever chemicals' were higher below sewer plants and sludge fields ...
The Biden administration warned of "forever chemicals" exposure via farm fertilizer. The lack of federal action has spawned a ...
A product used on farms across New York, produced at a facility in Chateaugay, was nearly banned for use on agricultural land in the state legislature this year. Known to some as biosolids and others ...
Emerging contaminants (ECs), including pharmaceuticals, microplastics, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), antibiotic ...
Penn State researchers say 18% of the 167 private wells tested across Pennsylvania over three years contained “forever ...
Tap water has been banned in 16 communes in France due to contamination by PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, with some areas ...
So-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, are odorless, tasteless compounds that can pose serious health risks — and they’re ...
Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through ...