The Department of Defense has identified over 400 army installations with known or suspected PFAS release in groundwater wells. A joint Army and EPA project is testing private drinking water wells ...

Water expert Bob Bowcock will only drink from a groundwater well in Northwest Georgia if it's tested for forever chemicals, a persistent group of compounds linked to ailments like cancer. And even ...

PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam have contaminated drinking water wells in Glocester, Rhode Island. Landfills, military sites, and industrial facilities are common sources of PFAS contamination ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The U.S. Navy is asking property owners near the Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Northwest Annex to allow testing of their private drinking water wells for possible ...

STELLA, Wis. — Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used ...

BEAUFORT — The U.S. military is seeking permission from residents to test well water in homes near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. It’s the second time in recent years the military has undertaken ...

Chemours is expanding its private well water sampling for PFAS contamination to an additional 14,000 residences in the Wilmington area. The expansion follows a 2019 consent order requiring Chemours to ...

This story was updated to add new information. In 2022, an assessment commissioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) confirmed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exceeded the Office ...

A case in Glocester of drinking water contamination caused by PFAS is a reminder of the threat these so-called “forever chemicals” used in firefighting foam and consumer products pose to groundwater ...