German chemicals firm BASF said on Wednesday that it plans to change the names of two of its plants in China to better reflect the scope of their operations. BASF said it is changing the name of two dispersions plants, BASF Paper Chemicals Huizhou and BASF Paper Chemicals Jiangsu, to BASF Specialty Material Huizhou and […]
Food packaging like burger wrappers and take-out containers have long contained forever chemicals. The FDA says it’s stopping that. (Getty Creative) You won’t have to worry about “forever chemicals” in your food packaging for much longer. According to a new statement from the Food and Drug Administration, products with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release to environmental regulators $125 million set aside to deal with contamination. Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee didn’t […]
The maker of the renowned Gore-Tex waterproofing for outdoor gear polluted groundwater near two of its plants in Northeastern Maryland with a hazardous “forever chemical,” according to the Maryland Department of the Environment. State investigations at the manufacturing sites in the Elkton, Maryland, area of Cecil County indicate W.L. Gore & Associates released a harmful […]
Toxic chemicals are showing up in private wells in the Columbia area and other parts of South Carolina, but state regulators are downplaying the threat, saying most of the pollution found recently is within federal safety standards. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control says that of the 353 wells tested, only seven had […]
Feb. 2—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to put cancer-causing compounds on a hazardous waste list that will give New Mexico and other states more authority to order the pollutants cleaned up, thanks to a petition Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sent to the agency almost three years ago. The EPA aims to add some […]
LONDON (AP) — Authorities in Britain searched nationwide Friday for a suspect still at large two days after a chemical attack in London left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and also injured her two young daughters. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said Friday that the woman is doing “very poorly” following the attack with […]
No one wants to think about how dirty their phone might be. It’s probably the most high-touch surface in your personal universe, and chances are you frequently set it down on counters, tables, desks and more — areas that get plenty of action and could be crawling with germs. Scientists at the University of Arizona […]
No one wants to think about how dirty their cellphone might be. Your phone is probably the most high-touch surface in your personal universe, and chances are you frequently set it down on counters, tables, desks and more — surfaces that get plenty of action and could be crawling with bacteria. The bad news: Scientists […]
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to install two more groundwater treatment systems at a former Michigan military base to control contamination from so-called “forever chemicals,” U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s office announced Friday. Environmentalists say the systems will help prevent PFAS from spreading into the Clarks Marsh area and the Au Sable River near the […]
By Christoph Steitz and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s chemicals sector, Europe’s largest, is starting to feel the pinch from delayed shipments via the Red Sea, becoming the latest industry to warn of supply disruptions that have forced some companies to curb production. Crucial Asian imports to Europe ranging from car parts and engineering […]
RICHMOND, Calif. (KRON) – The Contra Costa County Department of Health says it found cancer-causing chemicals in the soil near a former dry-cleaning business in Richmond. Officials are working on taking more samples to see if it’s doing any harm to the air. It is scary news for people living in the neighborhood. A high […]