Officials are warning the public not to eat fish caught on a stretch of the Presumpscot River in Windham downstream from a former mill site that is undergoing cleanup. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is advising residents not to eat fish…
Credit: Coosa River Basin Initiative; headline adapted by WEIS. CENTRE– An online PFAS resource from the Coosa River Basin Initiative includes a local connection: Centre’s water-contamination litigation. The organization is asking residents to explore its new PFAS StoryMap and share…
GENEVA, Oct 28 2026 (IPS) - Governments today face an extraordinarily difficult set of tasks: cutting emissions, protecting nature, reducing pollution, creating jobs, strengthening economies, and improving people’s health, all while public finances remain under pressure. At the first International Conference of the…
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals known for their exceptional resistance to degradation, earning them the nickname "forever chemicals." These persistent substances can accumulate in water, soil, and living organisms, raising growing concerns about their potential impacts on…
FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, October 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Synthetic chemicals with long-range transport... Display chemicals accumulate in Arctic, Antarctic, and Qinghai-Xizang Plateau soils FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, October 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Synthetic chemicals with long-range transport potential are increasingly scrutinized under international…
A combined network toxicology, molecular docking and in vitro study identifies ten shared genes and several pathways that may link PFOA exposure to erectile dysfunction, male infertility and testicular dysfunction. Subject of Research: Network toxicology analysis of molecular pathways linking…
A novel bioremediation technology for cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, chemical pollutants that threaten human health and ecosystem sustainability, has been developed by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers. The material has potential for commercial application for disposing…
Cornell engineers hope that clean water runs deep. They have developed a new technique to test for a wide range of micropollutants in lakes, rivers and other potable water sources that vastly outperforms conventional methods. “We demonstrate that our approach…
Seven fish species were collected from 14 sites on rivers in the Colorado River Basin (CDRB) from August to October 2003. Spatial trends in the concentrations of accumulative contaminants were documented and contaminant effects on the fish were assessed. Sites were located…
Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is found in air, water, and soil. It exists in several forms: Mercury is present in many consumer products. Products that contain mercury should be replaced with products that do not contain mercury,…
PFAS found in drinking water, wells, blood, fish, food and soil, and studies of what forever chemicals do to human health.
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