Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Outdoor gear is in the midst of a sea change. A common family of chemicals used for waterproofing, stain resistance, and durability — PFAS — is being banned in textiles in California and in apparel in ...

Pretty much all of us are exposed to the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), which are often used to make products grease-proof, waterproof, nonstick, or ...

MINNEAPOLIS --Minnesota is home to an abundance of natural resources - our incredible wealth of freshwater ranking number one for many. With more than 69,000 miles of river, nearly 12,000 lakes, and ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are synthetic chemicals found in many products, including food packaging, household cleaners and nonstick cookware, according to the U. S.

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 ...

In 1938, a 27-year-old chemist named Roy Plunkett stumbled across a new type of chemical, one with a bond so strong it would end up sticking around long after he died—in fact, almost forever. Today, ...

There’s something scary in the water at Cape Fear. For years, chemicals giant DuPont and the company Chemours, which it spun off in 2015, manufactured long-lasting synthetic chemicals—known as forever ...

Only three labs in the country can rigorously test down to the part-per-trillion level and help brands validate PFAS-free claims with real, third party validated data. (Photo by DAVID PINTENS/BELGA ...

Share on Pinterest PFAS, which are a type of synthetic chemical, may be present in rainwater at high levels, according to new research. Dang Nguyen/EyeEm/Getty Images For many years, per- and ...

A row of large water filtration tanks at a water treatment plant in Australia. ECT2 designed a treatment system that uses its regenerable ion-exchange resin to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

Increasingly found in drinking water, food, soils, and people’s bodies, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are industrial chemicals that essentially never break down in the environment.