How did PFAS – known as ‘forever chemicals’ – manage to infiltrate global water sources so extensively before anyone realised ...

The PFAS in lithium-ion batteries is a major obstacle to recycling or disposing of these batteries safely. But we have a way ...

The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.

makes PFAS an eternal threat. Conferred by the carbon-fluorine chain of their chemical structure, the strongest bond existing in organic chemistry, this stability persists beyond the desired ...

“If bacteria survive in a harsh, polluted environment, it’s probably because they have adapted to use surrounding chemical ...

Patagonia switched its DWR to longchain PFAS from shortchain PFAS less than 10 years ago, believing the longer chemical structure to be safer. “We finished that transition, everybody was psyched ...

Plus, there was no correlation between the level at which PFAS accumulate in a cell and the extent to which it causes differential gene expression. Taken together, this suggests that distinct ...

Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit over its Apple Watch bands The lawsuit alleges that Apple "hides" the existence of ...

A new study finds that several brands of fitness tracker and smartwatch bands contain "very high concentrations" of a man-made chemical that ... substances (PFAS). These compounds are known ...

So, the team concluded that the changes in gene expression likely depend upon the particular molecular structure of each type of PFAS the gene comes into contact with. Every PFAS compound has a ...

InvestigationLe Monde and its 29 media partners reveal the inner workings of the intense lobbying campaign waged by the sectors using and producing PFAS to ... in the line of chemical industry ...

In 2023, the Federal Republic of Germany, together with four other countries, proposed a fundamental restriction on PFAS. The aim was ... their consultants. The chemical lobby also claimed that ...