PFAS

Federal research linking “forever chemicals” to testicular cancer confirms what U.S. military personnel long suspected. But as they seek testing for PFAS exposure, many wonder what to do with the results. There’s no medical treatment yet.

A new push to remove PFAs from drinking water could come at a major cost.

The EPA’s administrator says a proposal for the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water could prevent thousands of illnesses.

The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is temporarily changing where it gets its water from after observing an increase in PFAS levels in the community’s finished water.

The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is temporarily switching the source of its drinking water after finding elevated levels of toxic “forever chemicals” in its water supply, the city said in a statement, noting the PFAS levels in the water are above what state standards allow. The city across the Charles River from Boston and home to Harvard University and the…

The city has found increasing levels of PFAS chemicals in its finished water supply, and the change in source will begin Tuesday.

The designation means releases of long-lasting chemicals known as PFOA and PFOS at or above a certain quantity would have to be reported