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States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Industry Is Fighting Back

In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of furniture when the…

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Environment

Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’ | PFAS

The Trump administration is quietly carrying out a plan that aims to kill hundreds of bans on highly toxic PFAS…

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World

A new method to recycle fluoride from long-lived PFAS chemicals

Oxford Chemistry researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labelled ‘forever chemicals’) while recovering their fluorine content…

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Lifestyle

5 All-Natural Laundry Tricks to Clean Your Clothes Without Chemicals

According to the American Cleaning Institute, the average American family washes 50 pounds of laundry a week—but we know it…

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Environment

We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop Pfas at the source | Mark Ruffalo

Several years ago, I made a movie called Dark Waters, which told the real-life story of a community in West…

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Health

Detection of hazardous chemicals in human placenta with unprecedented speed and precision

Rice University scientists and collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have demonstrated a new method for detecting the presence…

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World

Researchers discover simple solution to break down forever chemicals

A University of Missouri researcher has discovered a new method to remove so-called “forever chemicals” from our drinking water. Per-…

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Environment

Produce in home gardens near PFAS plant in US contain dangerous levels of chemicals | North Carolina

Produce grown in home gardens around a North Carolina PFAS plant contain dangerous levels of the chemicals, new research has…

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World

Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals — and even some of their toxic byproducts

In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per-…

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Health

Fighting experience plays key role in brain chemical’s control of male aggression

Like humans, mice will compete over territory and mates, and show increased confidence in their fighting skills the more they…

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