Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals widely used in consumer goods for their water- and oil-repellent properties and...
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We know that restrictions on hazardous chemicals work. They have repaired the ozone hole and reduced DDT levels in animals, people and the global environment. The EU Restriction on PFAS is now our generation’s responsibility and duty to protect future generations from PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals. The increasing, and largely unregulated, use of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) since the 1950s has resulted in widespread contamination of the Europe’s waterways, air and soil[1]and all EU citizens, including children, now have levels […]
Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals widely used in consumer goods for their water- and oil-repellent properties and...
American scientists from Wayne State University in Detroit have discovered that substances from the PFAS group (per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds)...
Human skin can absorb ‘forever chemicals’, University of Birmingham researchers discovered, revealing a new pathway for these toxic...
Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals extensively used in consumer goods production due to their hydrophobic and oleophobic...
The BC government has filed a class-action lawsuit against international chemical giants, claiming they failed to adequately warn people about the...
The BC government has filed a class-action lawsuit against international chemical giants, claiming they failed to adequately warn people about the...
Experts say invertebrates are exposed to range of chemicals, some of which are 10,000 times more toxic than DDT
In heat waves, chemicals like formaldehyde and ozone can form more readily in the air, according to researchers driving mobile labs in New York City...
As the country commemorates National Poison Prevention Week, environmental NGO BAN Toxics highlights the need to intensify efforts to protect children...
THAT WENT WELL… INROADS FOR THE FAR RIGHT. Last week, millions of Europeans went to the polls to exercise our democratic right to vote in the EU...