The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on efforts to decrease a backlog of new pesticide active ingredients ...

Most PFAS exposure happens through drinking contaminated water or eating contaminated food. PFAs are man-made chemicals found in many places' daily items and foods.

Back in February 2019, the EPA released its PFAS Action Plan, which by Oct. 18, 2021 became the PFAS Strategic Roadmap, which offered “a whole-of-agency approach to addressing PFAS.” ...

The EPA's new drinking water standard is stricter than the state's as it recognizes that no levels of PFAS chemicals in water are safe, but it is technologically infeasible for the chemicals to be ...

PFAS health effects. Some human health impacts that have been linked to long-term PFAS exposure, often over a lifetime: • Ulcerative colitis. • Thyroid disease.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of synthetic, organic chemicals that contaminate drinking water and natural ecosystems. PFAS source apportionment is challenging because there ...