However, this year we found our audience remains engaged on PFAS chemicals in consumer products like oat milk and contact lenses. Below are our top five most read stories from the past year. 800,000 tons of radioactive waste from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry has gone “missing” Waste from the oil and gas industry contains toxic and radioactive substances. Disposal of this waste is supposed to be carefully tracked, but 800,000 tons of oil and gas waste from Pennsylvania oil and gas wells is unaccounted for, according to a study. Eighteen kinds of soft contact lenses have detectable levels of organic fluorine, an indicator of the group of chemicals known as PFAS, according to a report from Mamavation.

Source: Washington Post December 26, 2023 10:36 UTC