The U.S. EPA announced in November a proposal to implement more exceptions for businesses to report the levels of forever ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved another pesticide that contains PFAS, often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down in the environment. The decision ...

EPA has announced plans to rollback four of six PFAS drinking water standards. The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Wednesday to roll back drinking water standards for so-called ...

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Attorney General Jeff Jackson is taking a firm stand against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some "forever chemicals" in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two ...

The use of pesticides in agriculture has always meant managing a tricky balance—protecting the harvest and making sure essential produce gets to market, while guarding against the possibility that at ...

EPA proposes some stricter PFAS rules for medical device makers, cutting reporting timeline from 6 to 3 months as companies seek alternatives.

A raging debate at EPA and in Congress could draw hard lines aound who’s liable for PFAS cleanups and who’s a “passive receiver” of the contaminants. As EPA rolls back the first federal limits on ...