Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large class of molecules characterized primarily by alkyl chains in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine, although this ...

Researchers have made significant inroads in understanding how nanoplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- commonly known as forever chemicals -- disrupt biomolecular structure and ...

PFAS are commonly called forever chemicals because of their astonishing persistence – due to the strong chemical bonds between carbon and fluorine, they don’t break down easily. This durability is ...

By looking for clues “forever chemicals” leave behind in people’s blood, researchers hope to understand how PFAS affect the ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers' blood during pregnancy are ...

An environmental engineering team and the University of California, Riverside (UCR) has discovered a bacterial species that can destroy certain types of PFAS chemicals commonly found in waterproofing ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts ...

Federal and state regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as well as related policy initiatives such as Make America Healthy ...

Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers’ blood during pregnancy is associated ...