However, as the study's authors noted in their findings, published in Nature Communications, PFAS represent "a pervasive and ...

Iron fortified hemp biochar made from agricultural waste can significantly cut the amount of “forever chemicals” that move from contaminated soil into food crops, according to a new study on radishes ...

A research team shows that a low-cost, sustainable soil amendment—hemp-derived biochar fortified with iron—can substantially ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the so-called “forever chemicals”—have long been known to accumulate in the human body, raising alarms due to links with decreased fertility, cardiovascular ...

A recent study published in Nature Microbiology by researchers at the University of Cambridge revealed that certain human gut bacteria may have the capacity to bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock These "forever chemicals" unfortunately live up to the name. A new study found worrying levels of PFAS within ...

(The Hill) — Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a new study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts ...

Over 95% of the U.S. general population has quantifiable serum levels of PFAS, with a mean of 2 to 5 parts per billion (ppb) for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), ...

The scope of U.S. federal regulations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), plastic chemicals often referred as ”forever chemicals,” are rapidly changing and expanding. Of late, the U.S.

Our blog has reported previously on California PFAS regulations, including its watershed laws with novel definitions of PFAS and the noted problems with the total organic fluorine testing method.

Agricultural biosolids applications, where solid wastes from wastewater are reconstituted into land-applied fertilizers, are common in the United States. Because biosolids contain per- and ...