Alarming news: A new study finds that several brands of fitness tracker and smartwatch bands contain “very high ...

The "forever chemicals" flowing from U.S. wastewater treatment plants are not only more abundant than previously thought, but also largely consist of pharmaceuticals that have received little ...

Researchers found that chemicals, including PFAS, from pharmaceuticals are entering into wastewater — which can be used as drinking water during times of drought.

Fluorine compounds fall into two broad categories: organic and inorganic. Both categories have a wide range of industrial uses. Organic fluorides are compounds where fluorine is bound to carbon ...

but it can also render organic compounds highly toxic or pollutants. Fluorine's name derives from fluorspar — or fluorite, CaF 2 (pictured) — which in earlier times was used as a flux to ...

High levels of harmful organic fluorine compounds were found in blood samples of residents living in the Tama area of western Tokyo. The leader of the study said contamination could be coming from ...

“If bacteria survive in a harsh, polluted environment, it’s probably because they have adapted to use surrounding chemical ...

Anti-inflammatory compounds play a crucial role in managing ... One significant area of research has been the development of fluorine-substituted benzo[h]quinazoline-2-amine derivatives, which ...

A Japanese research group has developed a new method to break down PFAS, a group of organic fluorine compounds often called "forever chemicals" for their persistence in the environment.

The central government will discuss strengthening measures against cancer-causing organic fluorine compounds that have been detected around factories and U.S. military bases. It will consider ...