Biden’s Visit To Firefighters Spotlights Union’s Calls To Replace Toxic Protective Gear

As President Biden speaks at a firefighters’ union event, the group is amping up calls to get toxic chemicals out of their gear. getty As President Biden headlines a firefighters’ union event on...

Facing Litigation And Years-Long Push For Increased Regulation, Conglomerate Ends Production Of PFAS Chemicals

3M factory (Photo by DAVID PINTENS/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images) BELGA/AFP via Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency describes PFAS, the acronym referring to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl chemical...

EPA Rule Change Expected To Trigger Additional State Regulation, Exacerbate Inflation

Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building in Washington DC getty Eleven states have passed legislation banning PFAS chemicals in food packaging and other consumer products. In three of tho...

Scientists Building Up Arsenal To Destroy PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

Topline Researchers at Northwestern University outlined a potential way to destroy the synthetic so-called “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, the l...

New Lawsuit Would Overturn EPA Advisories Seen As Precursor To More State & Federal Regulation

Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in Washington, D.C. getty In June the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four new drinking water health advisories related to PFAS contaminatio...

The Chip Sector Has a New Worry in Plant Shutdown for Key PFAS Chemicals

Text size PFAS chemicals are used in the etching process for chip manufacturing. Dreamstime The fragile semiconductor supply chain has one more thing to worry about. Chips have been relatively scarce ...

State & Federal Officials Move To Regulate & Even Ban PFAS Chemicals, But Many Wonder If That Makes Sense

California state capitol building getty For federal and state lawmakers who have an unending procession of meeting requests, committee hearings, markups, fundraisers, and other demands on their schedu...