Researchers have found a family of chemicals called highly fluorinated compounds are contaminating drinking water around the country. Now they’re trying to figure out whether filters really work to remove these chemicals from water.
Call it a silver lining. But states along the Ohio River have much better safeguards for drinking water supplies today as a result of some past disasters.
Pittsburgh-area schools have invested big money in modern artificial surfaces for football and soccer fields. But there's growing concern that they may pose a health risk.
Environmental and health advocates have long suspected a link between chemical exposures and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism. Now, one group says the growing body of evidence warrants public action.
Congress is set to update a 40-year-old law regulating toxic chemicals in everyday products. But a watchdog group says the new regs were basically written by and for industry.