Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous substances that do not degrade in the environment and can harm ...

Town Administrator Paula Iken has drafted a letter asking Gov. Phil Scott for increased attention and support for town ...

Researchers have developed a new material that captures harmful PFAS chemicals from water in a matter of seconds, offering a promising pathway to address one of today’s most persistent environmental ...

Safe or low-risk doses for PFOA, and related chemicals by various governments, are currently widely disparate. Fortunately, recent findings in humans may reduce some of this disparity. Efforts to use ...

MERRIMACK – The state Department of Environmental Services announced Wednesday it will increase the number of wells it’s testing for a potentially carcinogenic water contaminant now affecting five ...

Two recent developments have emerged — one regulatory and one potentially legal — in the discovery of more homeowners with ...

New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to the nation’s top toxicologist. Linda Birnbaum, director of the National ...

On January 10, 2022, U.S. EPA forwarded to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposed rule that seeks to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ...

Activists say the Norlite incinerator on Saratoga Street in Cohoes has been burning stockpiled old firefighting foam that contains toxic PFOS for the Department of Defense and other parties. "This is ...

Residents who complained of water and soil contamination from two defunct Bennington industrial plants have reached a $34 million case settlement with the plant owners. The court’s approval is pending ...

California updated the Proposition 65 safe harbor warning rules, effective January 1, 2025, with a three‑year transition through January 1, 2028.