Tag: PFAS

Forever chemicals banned from Europe’s drinking water

The EU is taking a bold step in making sure all European Union member states worked to monitor and reduce PFAS levels in drinking water.

Toxic sea otters and the pollution they collect at sea

When otters become sick or die, entire marine ecosystems begin to unravel. Their contamination is not a side note. It is a warning.

Killing PFAS forever chemicals with hydrogen and UV light

An insidious category of carcinogenic pollutants known as “forever chemicals” may not be so permanent after all University of California, Riverside, chemical engineering and environmental scientists recently published new methods to chemically break up these harmful substances found in drinking water into smaller compounds that are essentially harmless. 

Forever chemicals PFAS linger in German drinking water

Comprising more than 4,700 chemicals, perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of widely used, man-made chemicals that accumulate over time in humans and in the environment. They are known as ‘forever chemicals’ as they are extremely persistent in our environment and bodies.