PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are not called "forever chemicals" for nothing. These ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed approving another pesticide containing forever chemicals for use on crops such as canola, corn, soybeans, and wheat, a move that has sparked ...

This second installment, to be discussed July 10 at an OEWG side event, addresses the growing evidence of HFO-produced TFA’s proliferation in the environment. In this report we show how TFA has become ...

Empa researchers, working with the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and the University of Bern, have investigated how trifluoroacetic acid forms in the atmosphere and accumulates in water ...

In 1985, the problem was an enormous hole that researchers had discovered in the Earth’s ozone layer, which shields the planet from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. The culprits were ...