A research team has developed an innovative membrane that mimics biological ion channels to achieve highly selective lithium ...

The Environmental Protection Agency could be moving forward with plans to address PFAS or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...

PFAS are attracting increasing public attention around the world. In Europe, authorities and residents are trying to assert their rights and ...

Researchers see mixed results trying to replace fluorinated chemicals in refrigeration, textiles, and ion-exchange membranes ...

Interested parties — including businesses raising crops or animals on agricultural and ranch lands potentially impacted by PFAS in ...

The increasing cancer burden in Ghana mirrors a concerning global trend . According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), ...

A research team led by Prof. GAO Jun from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...

In principle, Japan bans the manufacture and import of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), two of the more prominent PFAS. The World Health Organization's ...

On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period on a draft risk assessment of ...

The Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment for Emerging Contaminants, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, School of Environmental Science and ...