On August 21, 2025, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection held its public hearing on its first wave of currently ...

The practice has had its champions and its detractors — researchers at Cornell University, for example, encouraged New York ...

This isn't the first time scientists have found toxic chemicals in fish or water systems. Similar PFAS-related discoveries ...

PFAS are 'forever chemicals' that contaminate drinking water. While Congress stalls, states are stepping up to protect their ...

Makers of products like nonstick cookware cite health, safety and functioning of society as reasons they should be able to continue selling products made with forever chemicals.

By SCOTT JACKSON Quincy was sold a bill of goods when it purchased turnout gear for firefighters touted as free from PFAS that later tested positive for those chemicals, Mayor Thomas Koch said ...

We’ve already learned about some of the deleterious effects of PFAS, forever chemicals found in countless products and ...

Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there ...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (WGME) -- It's been one year since a massive spill of toxic firefighting foam at the Brunswick Executive ...

State and local officials have worked to address the spill of toxic firefighting foam at the former naval air station, but ...

There are forever chemicals in our wild game and fish. It's still relatively safe to eat, but there are a few key types of ...

Members of an EPA advisory panel welcomed an agency pledge to stop PFAS discharges. But that would not help already contaminated communities.