The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental ...

On January 14, 2025, EPA released for public comment its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). This draft risk assessment ...

Each doubling in blood levels of the PFAS chemical perfluorooctanoic acid is linked to 2.7 times the odds of fatty liver ...

Chemicals that can be found in sewage sludge used as fertilizer may pose a risk to human health, according to a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report. The EPA detailed its findings in a ...

Abu Dhabi, December 4, 2024: Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have developed an innovative cationic covalent organic framework (COF) that efficiently detects and removes perfluorooctanoic acid ...

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A host of water utilities and conservationists, including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, have recently warned that the city of Milton could soon discharge "several PFAS compounds" ...

New process upcycles hazardous chemicals to graphene. (Nanowerk News) Rice University researchers have developed an innovative solution to a pressing environmental challenge: removing and destroying ...

Background: A recent meta-analysis of 15 studies found a change in birthweight of −12.8 g (95% CI = −23.1, −2.38) per ng/ml PFOA in maternal or cord blood and −27.1 g (−50.6, −3.6) per log ng/ml PFOA.