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As the environment faces increasing pressures from the onset of climate change and pollution, some say granting nature personhood is the way.

On Wednesday the EPA delivered long-awaited clean water standards, which it says will lower “forever chemical” exposure for millions.

By 2025, the N.C. General Assembly is expected to have allocated $50 million for PFAS research, but the state is yet to enact any regulations.

Two years after a near-catastrophic event, residents of the Piney Grove community have more questions than answers.

A family struggles to reclaim a sense of normalcy five years after discovering forever chemicals in their well water.

Ahead of permit renewals for large agricultural feeding operations, activists provide information and opportunities to affected communities.

What's on the horizon in 2024? Here are the health policy stories that we'll be following in the coming year.

As fire services look to leave fluorinated firefighting chemicals behind, a new study explores how PFAS-free equipment to current gear.

Activists breathe a sigh of relief after learning of the EPA’s decision, but say more needs to be done to address the PFAS crisis.

Plastic pollution may be harming humans and marine lief, and could be changing the weather.