10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1677+ words) A glass of Sacramento tap water. Forever chemicals went unchecked for decades and now water regulators and chemical companies across the country are grappling with the fallout. One chemical manufacturing company, 3M, was ordered to pay out between $10.5 to $12.5 billion to…...

15+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1665+ words) By Jack Kiyonaga | Alexandria Journalism Project This story is part of an ongoing investigation by the Alexandria Journalism Project about PFAS in Alexandria’s drinking water. AlexRenew recently completed the biggest infrastructure project in Alexandria’s history: RiverRenew. The 2.2-milelong underground tunnel…...

20+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1034+ words) Register now for StormCon, Aug 25-27! Stormwater professionals will need to take a broader, more proactive approach to water management as communities face PFAS contamination, aging infrastructure, more volatile weather and growing demands on water supplies, according to Katrina Kessler, commissioner…...

16+ hour, 43+ min ago   (330+ words) A research team has found that bacterial strains in river sediments contaminated with so-called forever chemicals can remove the harmful substances, according to a Japanese university that led the study. The finding offers hope for tackling per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,…...

18+ hour, 11+ min ago   (27+ words) Los Angeles Times For Homes Still Standing, Lead And Other Toxins Are Still A Concern...

17+ hour ago   (221+ words) SPOKANE, Wash - The Washington Department of Ecology says City of Spokane, Spokane County and Spokane International Airport are not complying with legal orders, delaying the cleanup of PFAS contaminants on the West Plains. Dept of Ecology is directing cleanup of…...

19+ hour, 50+ min ago   (921+ words) Flame retardants banned across Europe decades ago are still turning up in the environment, from industrial areas to remote Arctic and alpine regions. Some chemicals do not disappear after governments ban them. A sweeping new review found that flame retardants…...

19+ hour ago   (773+ words) Two former ChemFab Corp. factories in Bennington were determined to be the major source of PFAS chemicals found in hundreds of private wells. Speaking at Bennington College in April to residents with well contamination were, from left, attorneys Stephen Schwarz,…...

23+ hour, 42+ min ago   (350+ words) Home » Nation and Beyond » NBEMS open to foreign medical graduates’ concerns but will maintain competency standards The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has expressed its willingness to address the legitimate concerns of Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) while…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago   (130+ words) The Okeechobee County School District is providing bottled water at some locations after elevated lead levels were found in the city’s drinking water pipes. The Okeechobee Utility Authority reported that more than 10% of 70 water samples tested exceeded the action level…...