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Removing Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals From Your Home’s Tap Water
Update: The PFAS Contamination Crisis is Still Spreading
Study: Consumer Product Safety Testing Misses Cancer Risks From Chemical Mixtures
Pentagon: Fluorinated Chemicals Taint Water at Scores of Bases, Neighboring Communities
The Defense Department has for the first time disclosed the locations of military installations where tap water or groundwater on or off base is contaminated with highly toxic fluorinated chemicals.
Toxic Chemicals May Increase Chances of Regaining Weight After Dieting
Exposure to fluorinated industrial chemicals, known as PFAS or PFC chemicals, may increase the amount of weight that people, especially women, regain after dieting, according to a new study by Harvard...
Washington Is First State to Ban Fluorinated Chemicals in Food Packaging
On Wednesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed the first state law to ban toxic fluorinated chemicals in food packaging, such as microwave popcorn bags, pizza boxes and fast-food wrappers.
In a First, California Moves to Protect People from Toxic PFAS Chemicals in Carpets
Researchers Link Kids’ Weight Gain to Chemical Exposures
It's not just a poor diet and lack of exercise that can make kids overweight.
Study: Phaseout of Teflon Chemical Has Likely Averted Thousands of Low-Weight Births and Saved Billions in Health Care Costs
The phaseout of a hazardous chemical formerly used to make Teflon has likely prevented thousands of low-weight births in the U.S. each year, saving billions of dollars in health care costs, says a new...
Nonstick Chemicals in Your Drinking Water
How many times a day do you drink water? Cook with it? Brush your teeth with it? Offer some to your children?
The PFOA Drinking Water Contamination Crisis Just Got Much Bigger
Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that 1 percent of samples from public drinking water systems nationwide were contaminated with PFOA, a nonstick chemical formerly used to make...
A Sticky History: Trump Chemical Safety Nominee’s Record With DuPont and Teflon
Study: Common Food Preservative, Teflon Chemical Linked to Obesity
Three hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly added to processed foods, waterproof clothing and other everyday products may cause obesity.
EPA Chemical Safety Nominee Aided DuPont in Teflon Scandal
Michael Dourson, President Trump's expected nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency's chemical safety office, has made a career of helping industry stave off or weaken regulations on toxic...
If You Are What You Eat, Are We Making Children Nonstick?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on any given day one in three American children – no matter their age, race or family income – eat fast food. Hamburgers, french fries...
Nonstick Chemicals: A Hydra-Headed Family of Toxic Compounds
Banning or restricting toxic chemicals one at a time is like fighting the mythical hydra: For each head cut off, multiple replacements appear that may be just as hazardous. There's no better example...
New Studies Trace PFC Pollution from Sources to the Next Generation
Fluorine-based chemicals that can cause cancer, developmental toxicity and numerous other detrimental health effects have contaminated the drinking water of millions of Americans, and the blood of...
Jury Cites DuPont for Malice in Teflon Chemical Trial, Awards $5M to Cancer Victim
A federal jury ordered DuPont to pay more than $5 million to an Ohio man who alleged he contracted testicular cancer from drinking water contaminated with a toxic chemical formerly used to make Teflon...
How to Mix Your Baby’s Formula with Safe Water
One in every four American newborns consumes formula from birth. Around two-thirds of these babies drink some formula by the time they are three months old.