PFOA

EPA grapples with potential health threat in drinking water

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is starting to grapple with a class of chemicals used in manufacturing that…

6 years ago

Teflon Pollutes The World: Deadly Chemical Spreads Into Global Water Supplies

Originally published at MintPress News. WILMINGTON, Delaware — Earlier this month, climate and health activists from West Virginia and Ohio…

7 years ago

Citizen Groups Will Sue DuPont and Chemours for Contaminating Drinking Water in North Carolina

After years of litigation over PFOA, an industrial toxin used to make Teflon and other non-stick and stain-resistant products, in…

7 years ago

PFAS1 found in drinking water wells in unexpected places

Image: A PFAS water well result for a home in Courtland Township tested [by] Pace Analytical and sampled by Gordon…

7 years ago

New Jersey Sets First Binding State Limits for Perfluorinated Chemicals in Drinking Water

Regulators adopt strictest standards in the nation. Photo: Groundwater in Salem County, New Jersey, has been contaminated by perfluorinated chemicals…

7 years ago