North Carolina's Environmental Management Commission voted Thursday to move forward with proposed groundwater standards for forever chemicals known as PFAS. A public comment period on the proposed ...

In the absence of federal cleanup standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in groundwater, several states have started the process of regulating PFAS in groundwater themselves.

PlumeStop is a patented colloidal activated carbon technology specifically engineered to rapidly decrease PFAS concentrations in groundwater, often achieving treatment goals within weeks of ...

P er- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, known commonly as PFAS, could take over 40 years to flush out of contaminated groundwater in North Carolina's Cumberland and Bladen counties, according to a ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, known commonly as PFAS, could take over 40 years to flush out of contaminated groundwater. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, known commonly as PFAS ...

USGS scientists are the first to report national estimates of PFAS occurrence in untreated groundwater that supplies water to public and private wells. This research also provides the first ...

New data from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality shows PFAS “forever chemicals” are turning up in groundwater around landfills across the state, sometimes at levels ...

Contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances , or PFAS, was first detected at ... designed to cut off the groundwater plume emanating from the damage source. The system can treat up ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often described as forever chemicals, can tag along into groundwater that's later removed for drinking. Researchers analyzed water from over 100 wells ...

This discharge is in addition to the PFAS groundwater plume that extends about four miles southeast of the base. The news release states there are multiple lawsuits for the groundwater plume.

Vials containing PFAS samples sit in a tray, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. State environmental officials are working to adopt groundwater ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.