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The amount of “forever chemicals” in drinking water in the United States could be twice as high as levels reported in federal monitoring data, a new study has found. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, earned their nickname because they resist breaking down in the environment. The hazardous chemicals are found in many everyday products, including cosmetics, kitchen cookware and food packaging. From there they make their way into soil and into drinking water.

The amount of “fore...

In restaurants across the country that use gas-powered appliances, kitchen workers are being unknowingly exposed to high temperatures and unhealthy levels of pollution from nitrogen dioxide and other chemicals, according to a new study.

In restaurants across the country that use gas-powered appliances, kitchen workers are being unknowingly exposed to high temperatures and unhealthy levels of pollution from nitrogen dioxide and other chemicals, according to a new study.

A landmark study revealed a new understanding of where bats likely originated 65 million years ago — in Europe, rather than in Asia, Africa or North America, as previously thought. The study, published Wednesday in Nature, challenged existing hypotheses about the origin of bats, and aimed to fill holes in the evolutionary history of the unique creatures. They are the only mammals capable of true sustained flight, they use echolocation to hunt in the dark and they are able to tolerate diseases w...

Up to a quarter of all plastic flowing from rivers into the ocean are microplastics — delivering more than 260,000 metric tons in 2022, according to a new study published last week in Science. The staggering amount suggested there was more plastic pollution carried by rivers than previously estimated, researchers said.

Up to a quarter of all plastic flowing from rivers into the ocean are microplastics — delivering more than 260,000 metric tons in 2022, according to a new study published last we...