Toxic PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," have been found in farmland soil throughout the U.S. One family in Maine had to give up their farming dreams because of contaminated soil. Roxana Saberi reports.

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Harmful PFAS chemicals can now be detected in many soils and bodies of water. Removing them using conventional filter techniques is costly and almost infeasible. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB are now successfully implementing a plasma-based technology in the AtWaPlas joint research project.

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An insidious category of carcinogenic pollutants known as "forever chemicals" may not be so permanent after all. University of California, Riverside, chemical engineering and environmental scientists recently published new methods to chemically break up these harmful substances found in drinking water into smaller compounds that are essentially harmless.

Toxic chemicals such as those referred to as PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," have been used for decades as water repellants

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Researchers created a map showing where PFAS compounds, linked to cancer in humans, have been detected in wildlife. It spans the globe.

PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are water-, stain-, and heat-resistant chemicals added to products like nonstick pans, nail polish, food wrappers, and firefighting foam. They have been linked to health problems, including thyroid disease, liver damage, and kidney cancer. Increasingly, PFAS have become a public health concern because they don't break down, instead accumulating in the environment. These…

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One family had to give up their dreams of an organic farm in Maine after discovering the land they bought had been contaminated years earlier.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced that the state has sued the manufacturers of 'forever chemicals' such as PFAS, which are linked to cancer.

A 93-year-old resident of a California assisted living facility is dead and two others were sickened after crinking toxic chemicals," San Mateo police said...

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Officials say beef produced at a small Michigan farm was found to contain toxic "forever chemicals."

Beef produced at a small Michigan farm was found to contain toxic "forever chemicals" after the cattle were fed crops grown with fertilizer made from contaminated wastewater biosolids, state officials said Friday.