In a draft report, California says only extremely low levels of two toxic “forever chemicals” are safe for humans to drink in water. A July 22 draft report from the California Environmental Protection ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking-water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) are 0.004 parts per trillion (ppt) and 0.02 ppt, ...

After his father died in 2013 from a cancer that started in his kidney, Michael Hickey was troubled by more than his grief. John Hickey was 70, never smoked and rarely drank. He did work a night shift ...

New York State has awarded another $5 million grant to the Port Washington Water District to build a granular activated carbon treatment system designed to remove PFOA and PFOS contamination from ...

No level of two common PFAS compounds is safe in drinking water over a lifetime of exposure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday as it revised drinking water health advisories ...