Drinking water is not the only way PFAS enters the bloodstream. PFAS is used in nonstick cookware and food packaging to make products resistant to stains, water and grease damage. Adobe Stock ...

When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

It’s not uncommon nowadays to fill a glass of water from your tap and wonder what chemicals and contaminants may be lurking ...

A detailed 2020 study investigated drinking water and PFAS in more than 60 US homes. It showed near-complete removal by reverse-osmosis, dual filtration systems for all PFAS chemicals.

A decade ago, the EPA required drinking water systems to test for just a handful of PFAS compounds at much higher acceptable levels. Only 177 systems reported exceeding limits then – or about 4% ...

EPA under pressure to regulate PFAS, found in the water of nearly 2,800 cities. TUCSON, Ariz. -- A family of colorless and tasteless man-made chemicals -- largely unregulated by the U.S ...

But the fight over drinking water limits for individual PFAS distracts from the larger context that there are thousands of types, and scientists suspect they all have similar health effects.

Thousands of public drinking water systems began sampling last year for PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in the Environmental Protection Agency’s largest-ever effort to monitor ...

Illinois’ share of clean water grants to states would dip to $11 million next year, compared with $105.5 million this year.

Almost 800 drinking water systems across the United States have recently measured PFAS at or above the newly established limits at least once, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data the EPA ...

Drinking water is not the only way PFAS enters the bloodstream. PFAS is used in nonstick cookware and food packaging to make products resistant to stains, water and grease damage. Adobe Stock ...

More than 1,000 drinking water systems have detected PFAS above limits the EPA set in April, according to USA TODAY’s analysis. Almost 400 of these water systems ...