Safe or low-risk doses for PFOA, and related chemicals by various governments, are currently widely disparate. Fortunately, recent findings in humans may reduce some of this disparity. Efforts to use ...

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The chemical PFOA has been found in the water in multiple Capital Region communities, and many people are wondering when does it start to affect their health. Millions ...

Two weeks ago, the eighth of more than 3,500 personal injury cases pending against DuPont for contaminating drinking water in Ohio and West Virginia went to trial in a Columbus, Ohio, federal court.

On April 19, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a pre-publication notice regarding its designation of two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (“PFAS”) compounds, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Photo: Lisa Sorg) Industries that discharge toxic PFOA and PFOS compounds into the environment ...

A recent meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) demonstrated that government agencies throughout the world are facing a dilemma: a wide divergence on the safety ...

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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) poses a greater cancer risk than EPA has estimated, science advisers to the agency said in a draft report released last week. The draft report from EPA's Science Advisory ...

A highly toxic water pollutant, known as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), last year caused a number of U.S. communities to close their drinking water supplies. PFOA contamination also is a pervasive ...