It’s not uncommon nowadays to fill a glass of water from your tap and wonder what chemicals and contaminants may be lurking ...

When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

But because PFAS are so complex, manufacturers can make minor adjustments to their chemical structure and create a new compound that behaves the same way but circumvents restrictions. “It’s really ...

Cambridge scientists have spotted gut bacteria that greedily soak up PFAS “forever chemicals,” then ferry them safely out of ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have made significant inroads in understanding how nanoplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—commonly known as forever ...

Leading chemists have warned against efforts to narrow the scientific definition of PFAS. In a statement published by the ...

Eastoe and colleagues report that for PFAS acting as surfactants, chains of mostly carbon and silicon atoms with a bulky, tree branch–like structure can take the place of fluorine-rich fragments.

Scientists have demonstrated that select human gut bacteria can bioaccumulate and sequester PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, ...