Two perfluorinated compounds—perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)—were the focus of U.S. federal regulation and a handful of lawsuits in 2016. Though the major companies ...

WASHINGTON, DC, February 5, 2017 (ENS) – The health hazards of perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, are well known to scientists, yet some fast food chains still use food wrappers, bags and boxes coated ...

Fluorinated compounds are an important group of compounds that are widely used in pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, functional resins, and organic electronic materials. In particular, ...

Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are a class of synthetic chemicals in which all hydrogen atoms are replaced by fluorine, imparting exceptional chemical and thermal stability. Their remarkable ...

Regulators adopt strictest standards in the nation. Besides lead, no contaminant in drinking water has provoked as loud a public outcry in the last two years in the United States as a class of ...

In 2016, researchers found unsafe levels of toxic industrial chemicals—including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), widely used to create non-stick products such as Teflon—in the drinking water of 6 ...

Members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration to release a suppressed federal report on the health effects of four perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) that taint drinking water in many ...

Lawsuits present major liability risks to PFAS manufacturers and industries that historically used PFAS in their operations. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS) are synthetic, human-made ...

Researchers have discovered a new organic reaction that selectively converts only a specific carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond in perfluorinated compounds to other functional groups. This is expected to lead ...