EDCs in the News

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water.

North Carolina has secured $455 million in payments from Chemours, DuPont, and Corteva over PFAS pollution, along with a separate $135 million reserve intended to protect future drinking water and cleanup work.

For years, Perdue Agribusiness has been embroiled in lawsuits over claims it polluted local groundwater with PFAS, the cancer-causing “forever chemical.” So neighbors were skeptical when Perdue asked to increase the treated wastewater it pours into a local stream.

Chemours , DuPont, and Corteva on Thursday reached a $455 million settlement with North Carolina and 11 local entities over PFAS contamination claims tied to Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant and other historical discharges.

The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases by up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in the U.S. Congress.

We tested 21 popular kids’ snacks and discovered some options parents may want to limit, and some options that are lower in harmful chemicals than others.

A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.

Eider ducks and bald eagles that nest in and around Harpswell have high levels of PFAS chemicals following an August 2024 spill of firefighting foam on the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

The condition, linked to heat on a warming planet, is affecting laborers from Central America and Mexico. As scientists race to track the growing epidemic, its victims have been driven further into hiding.

A new study groups food contact chemicals by structure, which may help policymakers more efficiently regulate them, the lead author says.

Tiny fragments of plastic are in the air, land, and water in the country, where the burning of trash is common.

The drying of the Great Salt Lake is now releasing toxic dust into the air that Utahns breathe every single day.

Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the nation’s largest oil fields.

This time, the U.S. Department of Defense is telling lawmakers ahead of time that it plans to push back the forever chemical cleanup timelines.

Microplastic researchers are trying to find answers about pressing health concerns while navigating the challenges of a new field of science.

As California restricts watering nonfunctional turf, communities must weigh artificial grass against greener alternatives.

Hastings, Minnesota, is suing 3M over what it states is decades of toxic chemical contamination that has reached the city’s public drinking water supply.

More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe.

From non-stick pans and food packaging, to cosmetics and the clothes we wear every day, concern about the chemicals that surround us has become increasingly mainstream in recent months.

In the last two years herbicide usage has become ubiquitous throughout fire-scarred Plumas and Lassen counties in California. It is part of a strategy for the U.S. Forest Service to protect the 285,000 acres of the Plumas National Forest that have not burned in recent fires.