Researchers found high concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” in seawater offshore Okinawa in 2023, suggesting this ...

PFAS exposure in Europe has been linked to excess deaths and health risks, prompting biomonitoring efforts and policy action ...

NSW Health testing found water supplies in three regional areas are contaminated ... coming across the world." The Australian government's Expert Health Panel for PFAS found that scientific ...

The study, published in Nature, found that people living in areas with water contaminated by forever chemicals (also known as PFAS, meaning per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) had up to a 33% ...

But when the L.A. fires broke out, scientists aboard an NOAA ship inadvertently became the first investigators on the scene ...

When the River Severn flooded, the contaminated floodwater inundated ... requirement for water companies to remove PFAs in England and Wales. The World Health Organisation has no framework for ...

A recent study by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed a startling public health threat: ...

About 17 million people are at risk of gastrointestinal problems due to excessive sulfate levels in groundwater. This alarming finding emerged from the first high-resolution global groundwater sulfate ...

A researcher has discovered a new method to remove so-called 'forever chemicals' from our drinking water by heating the PFAS with granular activated carbon. The discovery represents a significant ...

The latest edition of our Top 10 in Data Journalism column also highlights the risks of nuclear war, drought in the Amazon, ...

As the map above shows ... motorways or farms when it rains. Chemical pollution is a growing issue of concern due to worrying substances such as PFAS – “forever chemicals” that do not ...