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April 10, 2024 | 9:43 AM

EPA puts limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

By Pien Huang/NPR

September 13, 2023 | 2:51 PM

Chemical companies to pay Pennsylvania $100 million for PCB contamination

PCBs were banned in 1979 for their potential dangers to human and environmental health.

By Zoë Read/WHYY

February 18, 2023 | 9:43 AM

Risks for chemical spills are high, but here’s how to protect yourself

Some residents have reported headaches and rashes in the aftermath of the incident

By Jaclyn Diaz/NPR

August 4, 2022 | 5:11 AM

EPA: Chemical in medical-device cleanser poses cancer risk to people living near plants in Pennsylvania and other states

Ethylene oxide is used to clean everything from catheters to syringes, pacemakers and plastic surgical gowns.

By Matthew Daly/The Associated Press

March 21, 2022 | 5:25 AM

How the way we eliminate toxic PFAS from water also takes an environmental toll

Protecting people’s health has a consequence: The technology most effective at removing PFAS contributes to the carbon footprint.

By Zoë Read/WHYY

June 10, 2021 | 5:27 AM

Push is on for national PFAS drinking water standard

“PFAS is a sinister and pervasive threat to our families’ health, a drag on local, state and national economies, and a problem that will not go away on its own.”

By Susan Montoya Bryan/The Associated Press

July 14, 2020 | 1:37 PM

Governor Tom Wolf backs petrochemical tax break bill in Pennsylvania

The legislation has high-profile support from traditional Republican allies and traditional Democratic allies.

By The Associated Press

July 13, 2020 | 5:38 AM

Vetoed petrochemical tax break bill revived in Pennsylvania

The replacement legislation differs in some ways from what the Democratic Governor Tom Wolf vetoed in March

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press

November 20, 2019 | 8:09 AM

Toxic PFAS chemicals, found across Pennsylvania, get the Hollywood treatment

Dark Waters dramatizes the true story of a former corporate lawyer who exposed the effects of toxic PFAS chemicals discharged into a creek in West Virginia.

By Wallace McKelvey/PennLive

November 13, 2019 | 5:42 AM

DEP names Bergey’s Tires as source of PFAS contamination in Bucks County private wells

The agency has been investigating the drinking water in Bucks County communities since 2016.

By Dana Bate/WHYY

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