Residents have now won a crucial legal battle. Blood tests reveal dangerous threat lurking in town's drinking water: 'No one ...

A new study, published in Environmental International, raises concern about contamination in local drinking wells.

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.

PFAS are widely used, long-lasting chemicals, components of which break down very slowly over time and are found nearly everywhere, according to the EPA.

The frigid waters that surround Antarctica may be inhospitable to human inhabitance, but they are churning with the manmade relics of toxic chemical production, a new study has found. Certain ...

Hazardous chemicals contaminate drinking water, soil and food worldwide. Who is responsible for the contamination caused by these "forever chemicals"?

Lurking in our nonstick pans, our rain jackets and even our drinking water are toxic compounds known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also called “forever chemicals ...

Scientists have demonstrated that select human gut bacteria can bioaccumulate and sequester PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, increasing faecal excretion in humanized mice. The findings reveal a ...

Key Takeaways Exposure in the womb to PFAS 'forever chemicals' can increase risk of high blood pressure in childhood Moms whose blood carried heavy levels of PFAS had kids with a higher risk of ...

FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kids exposed to PFAS “forever chemicals” before birth have an increased risk of high blood pressure in childhood, particularly during their teen ...