Also earlier this year, Trump's EPA announced it would maintain existing designations for PFOS and PFOA as hazardous ...

Veronica Vieira receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She was also previously supported by the C8 Class Action Settlement Agreement (Circuit Court of Wood County, WV) between ...

Perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, is a chemical commonly found in household products. Its purpose is to resist stains, grease, and other assaults. And it's been in the news for several years. In many ...

A recent meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) demonstrated that government agencies throughout the world are facing a dilemma: a wide divergence on the safety ...

HOOSICK FALLS — More than seven years ago, a village resident launched a personal crusade to learn why there seemed to be a high rate of unusual cancers afflicting people in this small community.

It’s been more than a decade since investigations revealed that Teflon contained a consumer chemical called PFOA that was linked to birth defects, heart disease and other health issues, but the safety ...

New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to the nation’s top toxicologist. Linda Birnbaum, director of the National ...

PFAS stands for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, a group of chemicals that have properties that allow them to repel water, dirt, and oil. You may know them by an older term “PFCs,” or ...

That line appeared in a full-page spread inside the Feb. 22, 1975, issue of the Bennington Banner. An article carrying the headline “Boom Town” described how one of the village’s largest employers, ...