Toxicology & Exposures

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (172+ words) Town of Patterson, New York – September 14, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE – “Public buyers are held to standards that many suppliers do not fully address,” said Jackie Transue, spokesperson for Golden Group International. “A U.S. address on an invoice is not the same as…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (521+ words) Water systems have struggled for years with how to remove "forever chemicals" from water. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have found a set of chemical reactions that clarify the role ultraviolet light can play in taking those pollutants…...

14+ hour, 25+ min ago   (629+ words) Evers and Kaul asked the DOA to seek an outside law firm to prosecute PFAS polluters. The chemicals, which can be detrimental to human health, were recently found in Madisonian bodies of water. Wisconsin lawmakers approved $10 million in state funding…...

6+ hour, 44+ min ago   (181+ words) PEORIA, Ill. — State environmental officials have detected elevated levels of “forever chemicals” in drinking water serving several Peoria County communities. Water samples collected from Illinois American Water’s Peoria system revealed perfluorooctanoic acid, commonly known as PFOA, at 4.6 parts per trillion. That…...

35+ min ago   (333+ words) LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — If you're a Central Arkansas Water customer, you've been drinking fluoride-free water for the past two weeks. CAW, the state's largest water utility, ran out of the chemical used to add tooth-decay-fighting fluoride to water. "August 31 was…...

9+ hour, 29+ min ago   (215+ words) Monday, September 14, 2026 This free testing is available as part of Delaware’s expanded efforts to identify and address potential contaminants in drinking water. The program also advances a priority identified in Delaware’s 2026 PFAS Implementation Plan to expand access to PFAS testing…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (295+ words) Research in South Africa’s Western Cape province has found dozens of agricultural chemicals and their breakdown products in rivers in farming areas. Some substances exceeded threshold values that scientists use to assess potential risks to aquatic organisms, Daily Maverick reports....

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (461+ words) Poor management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste threatens "many, if not all, human rights," the newly appointed independent human rights independent expert on the rising threat told the Human Rights Council on Monday. Bethanie Carney Almroth - an environmental scientist…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (740+ words) The team examined fossilized teeth from 51 hominids found across Africa, Asia, and Europe. The samples included both modern and archaic humans such as Neanderthals, early human ancestors like Australopithecus africanus, and extinct great apes including Gigantopithecus blacki. Lead traces were…...

9+ hour, 17+ min ago   (532+ words) Poor management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste threatens “many, if not all, human rights,” the newly appointed independent human rights independent expert on the rising threat told the Human Rights Council on Monday. Bethanie Carney Almroth – an environmental scientist…...