The Kandiyohi County Board this week approved the purchase of 140 acres of land adjacent the county landfill near New London ...

So-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, are odorless, tasteless compounds that can pose serious health risks — and they’re ...

So-called “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, are odorless, tasteless compounds that can pose serious health risks — and they're increasingly being found in local waterways, including the Monocacy River in ...

When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

People living near the Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Northwest Annex in Chesapeake, Virginia, are being offered free ...

A PFAS study near a planned desalination site raises concerns after revelations that a competing water project backer funded ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have the nickname 'forever chemicals' thanks to their persistence in the ...

Learn more about the microbes that take in PFAS, the harmful, long-lasting chemicals that can hang out in the human body for years at a time.

The Cambridge team tested 89 strains of bacteria, many of them commonly found in the human gut. They discovered that at least 38 could absorb significant amounts of PFAS, especially longer-chain types ...

The Trump administration requested its fourth extension for developing its position on the rule holding polluters responsible ...

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until ...

Saint-Gobain, the multi-national corporation widely blamed for contaminating southern New Hampshire's air and water with ...