At issue is water contamination in Hoosick Falls, resulting in a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016. Four companies — DuPont, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Honeywell International, and 3M — were ...

EPA testing has shown that a number of rural water systems here exceeded the standards for PFAS, resulting in systems seeking options to deal with it.

While PFOA was previously used in the manufacturing of non-stock cookware, it has largely been phased out due to concerns about potential health and environmental risks. Dina – stock.adobe.com ...

The EPA had previously set a drinking water health advisory guideline on two of the most commonly used PFAS compounds, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). That ...

Residents of Elkton, Maryland, worry about the “forever chemicals” in their water but say W.L. Gore & Associates has always ...

And PFOA is only one of hundreds of chemicals within a wider class called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). While PFOA and PFOS have been phased out, replacement PFAS chemicals are now ...

OEHHA has already listed PFOA as a reproductive toxicant, but it has not listed PFOA as a carcinogen. The statute defines several ways for chemicals to be added to the Prop. 65 list.

A proposal to regulate two PFAS chemicals — PFOA and PFOS — as hazardous substances has been sitting at the White House for more than a year.

While the dangers of PFOA and PFOS are widely known, very little is known about the other chemicals in their class, PFAS. Sharon Lerner February 10 2018, 9:01 a.m. Illustration: The Intercept ...

PFOA maker DuPont said in a statement that it "believes that the weight of evidence suggests that PFOA exposure does not cause cancer in humans and does not pose a health risk to the general public.

PFOA is a manmade chemical that was used for decades in cookware and fabric coatings. Perfluorooctanoic acid, like other PFAS, doesn't break down in the environment.

PFOA, a man-made chemical, was discovered in Hoosick Falls' water system by a resident, Michael Hickey, who began researching the issue because of what he believed was a high rate of cancer in the ...