From nonstick pans to food packaging to make-up, hundreds of everyday products are made with PFAS chemicals that have been linked to adverse health effects, including cancer, weakened immunity and low ...

As we navigate a world increasingly made of plastic, how many chemicals are we really being exposed to? Across three continents, CNN reporters Bill Weir, Laura Paddison and Jessie Yeung used ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Ildar Abulkhanov—Getty Images, Peter Dazeley—Getty Images, ...

PFAS, sometimes called “forever chemicals”, are a group of thousands of chemicals that are used for their non-stick and water-resistant properties. They are used in everyday items like non-stick ...

Duke researchers hope to learn which ones are more toxic, and for whom – using tiny worms. DURHAM, N.C. – In miniature test tubes in biologist Ryan Baugh’s lab at Duke, thousands of tiny wriggling ...

Public health and environmental advocates are struggling to outrun "forever chemicals," otherwise known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). "I call it the toxic treadmill because that's ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

ROME — For all of his 75 years, Alvin Jackson has called this city in the Appalachian foothills of northwest Georgia his home. Like many in the town of about 40,000 residents, Jackson has quenched his ...

According to the USDA, biobased products are “derived from plants and other renewable agricultural, marine and forestry materials. Biobased products generally provide an alternative to conventional ...

Are you curious about your drinking water? USA TODAY published a map of public drinking water systems that recently submitted test results for "forever chemicals" to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...