Articles Tagged with ''chemical pollution''

PFBA is a breakdown product of other PFAS that have been used in stain-resistant fabrics, paper food packaging, carpets, and consumer products.

Future work will focus on developing new multifunctional framework materials and scaling up the process of embedding the metal-organic coatings into fabric, Mirica says.

The following case study focuses on one new home in Maine. It was designed as a refuge from unhealthy building materials and other environmental hazards.

CNX Gas Company LLC (CNX) has paid two civil penalty assessments totaling $200,000 for violations at well sites in Richhill Township, Greene County.

GreenFire leverages Battelle’s PFAS Annihilator to destroy firefighting foams, which contain high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

Headquartered on the Wayne State University campus, CLEAR will focus on Detroit as the principal study site.

Researchers say: "Daphnia is a tiny crustacean the size of a grain of rice and are often-overlooked. Yet they are super abundant and can revolutionize the way we assess and mitigate chemical pollution sustainably."

The U.S. EPA responded to a petition originally filed by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in 2017 on Wednesday. 

The products of chemistry play an important role in addressing sustainability and environmental justice concerns.

Forty U.S. senators signed a bipartisan letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and White House officials urging increased funding for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) testing and remediation.