Wastewater plants are failing to remove a group of potentially toxic chemicals before pumping treated water into rivers and ...

Wastewater, even after treatment to make it drinkable, contains high levels of PFAS, according to researchers.

"We need to do a better job at protecting source waters and reducing discharges of pollutants into water bodies," researcher Laurel Schaider said.

"Forever chemicals" were recently found above levels currently considered safe in a handful of NSW drinking water sources.

"We've been focused on a small subset of these chemicals, but that's just the tip of the iceberg," a researcher said.

When the City of Live Oak recently reported what a state water official described as “low risk” levels of “forever chemicals” in one of three wells providing drinking water to residents, they joined a ...

Levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed safety thresholds “by several orders ...

Drinking water across a third of the country may ... 1,4-dioxane—a "likely human carcinogen" according to EPA—PFAS "forever chemicals", many of which are linked to cancer risk and hormone ...

Test results identify public drinking utilities in Fairfax, Newport News, Norfolk, Roanoke and Charlottesville as exceeding ...

Researchers found that chemicals, including PFAS, from pharmaceuticals are entering into wastewater — which can be used as ...

The "forever chemicals" flowing from U.S. wastewater treatment plants are not only more abundant than previously thought, but ...

New Castle was the subject of a PFAS study, and W. L Gore Co. was sued by the state of Maryland for knowingly polluting the ...