The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.

They're in stuff you use every day – and probably in your bloodstream, too.

The study is particularly significant because it could help explain the association between these plastic-derived chemicals ...

This article is the second in a series, A Fire Hose of ‘Forever Chemicals,’ which can be seen in entirety here. In a wooded ...

PFAS, used in numerous products for their non-stick and waterproof properties, are known for their extreme resistance. Their chemical structure, based on carbon-fluorine bonds, makes them nearly ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease ...

Patagonia switched its DWR to longchain PFAS from shortchain PFAS less than 10 years ago, believing the longer chemical structure to be safer. “We finished that transition, everybody was psyched ...

makes PFAS an eternal threat. Conferred by the carbon-fluorine chain of their chemical structure, the strongest bond existing in organic chemistry, this stability persists beyond the desired ...

Apple is facing a class-action lawsuit over its Apple Watch bands The lawsuit alleges that Apple "hides" the existence of ...

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

The chemical structure of different types of PFAS, in particular the very strong carbon-fluorine bond, means they don’t break down in nature - hence the “forever” tag. As a result the ...