I felt protected but not claustrophobic. That protection, it turns out, was due to a class of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS and PFCs, that as of January 2025 are now banned from apparel for sale ...

The past few years have seen record-breaking tourism to Greece, a red hot travel destination that is about to get even hotter, thanks to a new world-class golf resort. You are packing and going to ...

New study reveals associations between PFAS contamination and cancers, highlighting significant risks to digestive, endocrine, respiratory, and other systems, with sex-specific differences in ...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently warned that sludge could contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, posing health risks to farmers, livestock and the environment.

Over the past couple of years there has been a growing focus on PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) — a group of more than 10,000 synthetic chemicals that are widely used in consumer and ...

Goodlettsville's Larry Cantrell, one of the fastest high school football players to ever play in the Nashville area, died on Thursday. He was 57. Cantrell was the three-time Tennessean Trackman of ...

While their scientific name – per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) – is not very evocative, their nickname speaks for itself: "forever chemicals." The exceptional chemical properties ...

Unknown to the general public just a few years ago, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances) are now considered to be the cause of the most serious pollution crisis ever known. These ...

Even Google founder Larry Page. Page spoke at a YC event in December, Business Insider reports, where he talked about the early days of Google. Page went from one of the most visible tech ...

BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said it could take a decade to rebuild Los Angeles following the devastating wildfires that have raged for a week and remain largely uncontrolled.

A cookware label touts the absence of PFAS, otherwise known as "forever chemicals" because they build up in the body and do not easily break down in the environment. (Marci Schmitt — AP file/The ...