The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made a significant update to its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)1, ...
A new project to remove cancer-causing chemicals from groundwater at a Superfund site beneath a former upholstery plant in ...
EPA recently proposed significant actions to address PFAS in wastewater under the Clean Water Act by (1) publishing recommended human health ...
Uncertainty is an important scientific term that the first Trump administration used to promote deregulation, particularly ...
The agency will phase out degreasing substance trichloroethylene and dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene to protect ...
In the Richmond-region, one utility in Hanover reported a strain of PFAS at 4.2 parts per trillion, a shade over the EPA’s new threshold of 4 parts per trillion. The utilities that serve ...
The administration has linked exposure to PFAS to reproductive effects, developmental delays in children, increased cancer risks, reduced ability of the body’s immune system, and more. The EPA ...
For example, the first Trump administration tried to use the principles of transparency to prevent federal agencies from ...
Wastewater treatment plants in the US may discharge enough “forever chemicals” to raise concentrations in drinking water ...
Nearly 7 percent of Americans may be exposed to hazardous levels of “forever chemicals” through treated municipal wastewater, a new study has found. These approximately 23 million people may ...
"EPA continues to make strides in getting information on PFAS into the Toxics Release Inventory so the public can see if these chemicals are being released into their communities. "People have a ...
According to the NSW EPA website, the environmental watch dog is investigating PFAS contamination stemming from the historical use of firefighting foams at the Botany Industrial Park and Sydney ...