Entries Tagged PFAS

So, testing has revealed trace amounts of PFAS in your drinking water wells or the biosolids from your clean-water plant. When members of...

As a part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, the agency issued the first in a series of Toxic Substances...

Once dubbed “forever chemicals,” per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) might be in the market for a new nickname.That’s because adding iodide to a...

Approximately 140 delegates from the American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently met with members of U.S. Congress to advocate for smart water policy and...

The thousands of “forever chemicals” known collectively as PFAS are gaining attention as scientists study their prevalence in the environment and their...

Entry 242224Recent research out of Western Michigan University finds that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are more detectable after being discharged as...

Imagine millions of soapy sponges the size of human cells that can clean water by soaking up contaminants. This simplistic model is...

Entry 242244San Diego County recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its first operational potable water reuse treatment plant...

Last fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that GenX chemicals were more toxic than the “forever chemicals” they were developed to...

Entry 242282Next month, the California Coastal Commission is set to decide whether to allow Poseidon Water to build a $1.4 billion seawater...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were found to be widely distributed in untreated well water throughout Delaware, according to a new report by the...

As I write this column, I am recalling another incidence of lead in drinking water, this time in Benton Harbor, Michigan which,...

A team of researchers, including Colorado State University's Jens Blotevogel, is using one of the most powerful chemical analysis tools in the...

As part of the comprehensive Strategic Roadmap to confront the human health and environmental risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the...