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The launch of a new PFAS treatment plant comes as the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to loosen Biden-era water-contamination standards.
Grand Haven inner harbor may yet be dredged this fall under agreement between state, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — June 18, 2025 — The East Providence Fire Department has become the first in the United States to ...
Living near heavily microplastic-polluted waters along the United States coastline may significantly raise the risk of ...
"We don't want any surprises." Candy powerhouse Mars set to rethink strategy for its popular products: 'It's a healthier, ...
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York have already passed laws to phase out PFAS from firefighting gear by ...
This week, California firefighters and lawmakers convened at Fire Station 34 in Pasadena to promote a bill to eliminate toxic ...
The 175 turnout coats received by East Providence Firefighters are the first of their kind in the U.S. fire service, officials say ...
A new study from the San Francisco Estuary Institute revealed the ugly truth behind fish caught in the San Francisco Bay.
The East Providence Fire Department has become the first department in the country to use non-PFAS turnout gear. According to the City of East Providence, the gear is the first to fully exclude the ...
East Providence has reportedly become the first city in the country to purchase and outfit its fire department with PFAS-free ...
East Providence has become the nation’s first fire department to begin using turnout gear free of harmful PFAS chemicals, ...