The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made a significant update to its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)1, ...

While ringing in the New Year, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the addition of nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances to ...

A new project to remove cancer-causing chemicals from groundwater at a Superfund site beneath a former upholstery plant in ...

Uncertainty is an important scientific term that the first Trump administration used to promote deregulation, particularly ...

The agency will phase out degreasing substance trichloroethylene and dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene to protect ...

Wastewater treatment plants in the US may discharge enough “forever chemicals” to raise concentrations in drinking water ...

Releases of nearly 200 other PFAS into the environment must already be reported to the Toxics Release Inventory.

"EPA continues to make strides in getting information on PFAS into the Toxics Release Inventory so the public can see if these chemicals are being released into their communities. "People have a ...

In the Richmond-region, one utility in Hanover reported a strain of PFAS at 4.2 parts per trillion, a shade over the EPA’s new threshold of 4 parts per trillion. The utilities that serve ...

A new study finds the bulk of PFAS entering and exiting wastewater treatment plants is made up of fluorinated drugs.

Yes. PFAS are referred to as “ forever chemicals ” because they don’t naturally break down once the product containing the ...

The administration has linked exposure to PFAS to reproductive effects, developmental delays in children, increased cancer risks, reduced ability of the body’s immune system, and more. The EPA ...