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The state Department of Environmental Quality is adding six PFAS to Oregon's list of more than 800 regulated contaminants.

Kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the ozone layer protects humanity and all life from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.

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The president wants to weaken limits on tailpipe pollution. Scientists say it’s driving climate change and taking human lives ...

Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of anthropogenic compounds that have attracted attention worldwide as contaminants of high concern.

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet.

Fires and agricultural soils can rival cars and factories in emitting chemicals that lead to ozone, making it hard to meet air quality standards.

New research shows that plastic pollution in European soils has reached levels that can affect soil health, crop quality and, ...

In terms of our major sources of exposure, he said that microplastics are like “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in that they ...