As part of the PFAS Strategic Science Vision for the U.S. Geological Survey (“USGS”) and consistent with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, which identified activities ...

Earlier this month, the headline “New Study Finds PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water from 45% of Faucets Across US” led many news reports. That's after 32 individual PFAS were tested and found ...

MICHIGAN, (WPBN/WGTU) - - One out of three Michiganders should be concerned about the water that's coming out of their taps. That's what a new U.S. Geological Survey predictive study suggests when it ...

Four months after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed federal drinking water limits on “forever chemicals,” Harris Beach continues to monitor for a final resolution to the proposed ...

USGS national estimates of the probability for PFAS in groundwater at the depth of private drinking water supply. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 ...

A new study by the United States Geological Survey found that toxic "forever chemicals" were found in 45% of drinking water samples tested by the agency. These chemicals, which earned the "forever" ...

The first-of-its-kind study provides insight into the risk of PFAS contamination in areas where little monitoring has been done. Over 20 percent of the nation’s population could be drinking ...

The U.S. Geological Survey studied unregulated private wells alongside public sources and flagged urban areas in the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, parts of California and along the Eastern Seaboard ...

Toxic “forever chemicals” are far more widespread through the country’s drinking water systems than previously known, according to new Environmental Protection Agency data released Thursday. A USA ...

Water tap , faucet. Flow water in bathroom with sink. Modern clean hause. Backround hygiene. More than 20% of people in the continental United States might have drinking water contaminated with PFAS ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will increase monitoring for ...

Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states -- more than 20% of the country's population -- may rely on groundwater that contains detectable concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...