This article provides an overview of PFAS, including their chemical properties, health effects and regulatory limits. It also ...

Similar compounds soon emerged, such as 3M’s PFOS, the magic behind the stain ... where the chemicals easily move through soil and water, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

According to EPA, even though PFOA and PFOS are not currently produced in ... application to land as a soil conditioner or fertilizer; surface disposal in landfills; or incineration.

NYSDEC noted that SCOs for PFOA and PFOS will be included in a separate rulemaking after it completes a rural background in soil study and reviews all available data. This suggested that the ...

Its experts collected soil samples several centimeters below the ground surface at three sites on the school premises on Aug. 15 to determine the presence of PFOS. The group announced the findings ...

The hayfield soil contained 36.9 parts per billion of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and 21.2 parts per billion of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, or PFOS, state records show. These chemicals are ...

that they are still found in soil and underground water. In 2021, the Japanese government banned the manufacturing and use of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), which ...