PFAS, a group of human-made chemicals found in a wide range of products, have been found in soil at sites in Hay River, Fort ...

You’ve probably heard about the health risks of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ — also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). CBC News mapped out at least 80 sites across Canada where there ...

Traces of a chemical that researchers fear could harm human reproduction have been found in dozens of Britain's rivers, a new study has warned. Researchers from York University found trifluoroacetic ...

A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration between ...

Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill funding a study of the "forever chemical" PFAS in agricultural fields fertilized with ...

The June 30 explosion in the chemical plant in Telegana has brought to light, once again, the lax safety norms and laws that ...

In March, a House committee recommended the legislature fund the full cost of the study, but the Joint Ways and Means Committee later reduced that amount to $410,000. Neron said she anticipates an ...

“We discovered it’s essentially a single enzyme called CYP26b1, that regulates the amount of tissue that regenerates,” Monaghan says. CYP26b1 breaks down retinoic acid, so when the gene that makes the ...