Chemours, a spinoff of chemical giant DuPont, manufactures PFAS compounds — a class of synthetic chemicals often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down easily.

EDMONDS — Edmonds is the first city in the country to implement new technology at a wastewater treatment facility that eradicates “forever chemicals,” otherwise known as PFAS. Within the ...

At the European level, Tatiana Santos, head of chemicals policy at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), is sounding the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The first-ever federal restrictions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water were created last year. Municipalities throughout the country are working to upgrade ...

In a commentary published in Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers voiced concerns about the limitations in PFAS ...

The Sunday Herald article about new technology at the Edmonds Waste Water Treatment Plant left me disappointed and infuriated (“Edmonds launches technology to destroy PFAS,” The Herald ...

In 2023, water utilities began to look for 23 short-chain PFAS, cousins to six regulated PFAS compounds; sampling continues through 2025 and reporting is expected to be completed next year.

The funding will pay for a new well pump and treatment systems to minimize the presence of PFAs or per- and polyfluoralkyl substances. “Securing this PENNVEST funding is a critical step in ...

The main suspected cause is pesticides using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), whose active molecules break down to create TFA. Even more concerning, since the 2000s, TFA levels in wine ...