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Pfizer and Intel have sent warnings to the European Chemicals Agency which is considering the move Pfizer pharmaceuticals wrote that a total ban would threaten the viability of this sector.

Reverse osmosis is considered the most effective technology for removing a wide range of PFAS, including short-chain chemicals. However, it is the more expensive option and produces a significant ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

Water treatment plants usually use technologies called granular activated carbon and ion exchange resin to remove PFAS from contaminated drinking water. Small, kitchen-based options include ...

American chemicals producer Chemours, the group behind the Teflon brand, has been lobbying harder than any other business to water down a proposed European Union ban on harmful PFAS chemicals, ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health ...

But sewage today is different. That’s because we’ve flooded the environment with complex chemicals that can end up in our sewage and wastewater and can’t be easily removed. The contaminated ...

These "forever chemicals" contaminate not only the entire planet but also the blood of all human beings. Le Monde and its 29 partners have revealed the staggering cost of pollution clean-up for ...

A new study is illuminating how “forever chemicals” can alter our brain cells by impairing the genes that maintain healthy neurons, the cells of our nervous system. Scientists are only ...

PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” persist in the brain and alter gene expression, potentially causing neurotoxicity. A University at Buffalo study identified 11 genes consistently affected by PFAS, ...

Heat can partially melt plastic pipes and water meters, releasing chemicals; smoke can be sucked into water systems; and breaks in the water infrastructure can introduce contamination. A host of ...