Over 95% of the U.S. general population has quantifiable serum levels of PFAS, with a mean of 2 to 5 parts per billion (ppb) for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), ...
As regulatory pressure increases, chemical companies are turning to AI to identify and replace PFAS and other restricted ...
Researchers have made significant inroads in understanding how nanoplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- commonly known as forever chemicals -- disrupt biomolecular structure and ...
In collaboration with the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the University of Bern, Empa researchers have investigated how ...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of nearly 10,000 long-lasting chemical compounds that stay in the environment and have been linked to adverse health effects on humans, including ...
Two independent research groups now report for the first time that visible light can break apart PFAS into benign by-products (Nature 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08179-1 and 10.1038/s41586-024-08327 ...
Researchers from the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, and Örebro University, Sweden, have discovered that the levels of PFAS in mothers' blood during pregnancy are ...