Month: April 2021
Class at Elon University Sets Out to Teach Locals About Contamination in their Waterways
Class at Elon University Sets Out to Teach Locals About Contamination in their Waterways Because PFAS are such a new research topic, a lot of people aren't aware that it's even a problem! How can you…
What You Need to Know about GAC Filters
What You Need to Know about GAC Filters At Encore Earth, our focus is eliminating PFAS chemicals from all water, not just the drinking water. But we do know it has to start somewhere, and we want to…
Five Things You Need to Know About PFAS
Five Things You Need to Know About PFAS And Why We Need to Stop Them from Destroying our Earth What are PFAS? Since the 1940s, a group of man-made chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl…
Lowe's Home Improvement Store Takes First Steps Toward Banning PFAS
Lowe's Home Improvement Store Takes First Steps Toward Banning PFAS One of the quickest ways to put a stop to the spread of forever chemicals, is to stop using products that contain them! The problem…
PFAS Contamination is More Than Just a Physical Health Concern
PFAS Contamination is More Than Just a Physical Health Concern While it seems that the biggest problem with PFAS is the effect they have on physical health, many don't think about the emotional and…
Milk is Just as Vulnerable to "Forever Chemical" Contamination as Water
Milk is Just as Vulnerable to "Forever Chemical" Contamination as Water When a city discovers that a community's drinking water is contaminated with "forever chemicals" and advises the residents to…
PFAS Can Effect the Way Your Body Reacts to COVID-19
PFAS Can Effect the Way Your Body Reacts to COVID-19 Over the past year the world has had to learn to deal with the novel virus COVID-19. Because the virus is so new, there's still a lot to learn…
Forever Chemicals Found in Popular Sprayed Pesticide
Forever Chemicals Found in Popular Sprayed Pesticide With spring fast approaching, mosquitos aren't far behind. In states where they are a prominent problem beginning around this time of year,…