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Pfizer and Intel have sent warnings to the European Chemicals Agency which is considering the move Pfizer pharmaceuticals wrote that a total ban would threaten the viability of this sector.

The research follows the identification of a mysterious, potentially toxic chemical byproduct found in treated drinking water consumed by millions of Americans. If you’re concerned about the ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.

Water treatment plants usually use technologies called granular activated carbon and ion exchange resin to remove PFAS from contaminated drinking water. Small, kitchen-based options include ...

American chemicals producer Chemours, the group behind the Teflon brand, has been lobbying harder than any other business to water down a proposed European Union ban on harmful PFAS chemicals, ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health ...

But sewage today is different. That’s because we’ve flooded the environment with complex chemicals that can end up in our sewage and wastewater and can’t be easily removed. The contaminated ...

These "forever chemicals" contaminate not only the entire planet but also the blood of all human beings. Le Monde and its 29 partners have revealed the staggering cost of pollution clean-up for ...

A new study is illuminating how “forever chemicals” can alter our brain cells by impairing the genes that maintain healthy neurons, the cells of our nervous system. Scientists are only ...

PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” persist in the brain and alter gene expression, potentially causing neurotoxicity. A University at Buffalo study identified 11 genes consistently affected by PFAS, ...

When water is depleted, the system is vulnerable to chemical contamination. Drinking water contamination can also come from the air and from damage to water system infrastructure. Heat can ...