Every five years, the EPA requires the country's water providers to test for about 30 new contaminants. Here are Long ...

When the Hampton Bays Water District detected a short-chain PFAS at its Plant No. 1 wellfield in 2023, the carbon was ...

Oitzinger has been fighting to educate citizens about the risk of PFAS, and said there's a reason the chemicals are measured in parts per trillion. The new recommendation of 4 ppt is such a small ...

This excerpt comes from the forthcoming book “Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America,” which details how a set of toxic compounds have devastated entire communities ...

Chemicals used as food preservatives, flavoring agents, dyes, pesticides, cosmetics, cleaners, and other industrial materials are being increasingly recognized as a health hazard. Their rampant ...

As part of the acquisition, OQ Chemicals will reinstate its name to OXEA, reaffirming its heritage and longstanding presence in the global chemicals industry. OXEA is a premier manufacturer of oxo ...

Forever chemicals' are everywhere. But only a handful have been evaluated for potentially toxic effects. Researchers think there may be a faster, cheaper way to figure out which ones might be ...

Ascend Performance Materials is in discussions with lenders to swap a portion of their debt for equity in a deal that could also hand control of the cash-strapped chemicals business to creditors, ...

Risks from “forever chemicals”—a term for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of industrial chemicals that are extremely difficult to break down—are accumulating.

The garden- and compost-dwelling worm is helping researchers such as Baugh and Leuthner uncover new insights into the health effects of human-made chemicals used in everyday products, ranging from ...