A state regulator has adopted a rule banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or "forever chemicals," in the fracking process. But advocates pushing for more ...

Learn about the challenges of PFAS in food packaging, recent policy progress, and the need for safer alternatives. Authored ...

They “are the highest PFAS concentrations in private drinking water wells that EPA region 2 has encountered," a federal ...

The Environmental Management Commission is considering a new rule that would require industries adopt PFAS monitoring plans ...

The Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory is now certified to test water for PFAS in-house. How does this benefit Cape ...

Ecology monitors multiple cleanup sites at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). This page focuses on Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in the groundwater. JBLM is in Pierce County, ...

The state recently certified the Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory to test drinking water for the presence of PFAS, ...

Watermen are asking state agencies to pause the practice of using sewage sludge as fertilizer. They worry that toxic “forever chemicals” may accumulate in oysters, crabs, clams and fish.

In February, the Town of Bethlehem began testing the water from Vly Creek Reservoir and wells in the New Scotland Wellfield ...

Introduction - The Government of Canada has announced its intention to designate PFAS, a family of thousands of human-made chemicals ...

Legislation before Congress this year would cover the cost to remove and relocate drinking water wells contaminated with forever chemicals on the Eastern Shore. The town of Chincoteague discovered in ...

Two wells in the city were found to contain PFAS at levels above health-based guidance values for drinking water.