Bob Shaw glared at the executives from the chemical giant 3M across the table from him. “That’s not a logo,” fumed Shaw, CEO ...

Nearly a decade after a warning from the feds, the city's tap water struggles show how slow, complicated and expensive it can ...

The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.

Most carpets don’t get ruined by dramatic accidents; they fade quietly because they were never properly steam cleaned. A stain here. A dull patch there. Slight odors that no one mentions but everyone ...

A bill that could grant protections for northwest Georgia carpet companies facing a barrage of lawsuits over PFAS ...

Natural fibres such as sisal, jute and seagrass are renewable and biodegradable, yet often more sensitive to over-wetting and ...

A new investigation shows how chemicals used for decades to make carpets stain resistant have contaminated swaths of the ...

Post and Courier joined AP, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Frontline PBS and Al.com to investigate the forever chemical legacy of South’s carpet industry.

Congaree Riverkeeper Bill Stangler traced PFAS "forever chemicals" to Shaw Industries' South Carolina carpet plant on the Lower Saluda River in Irmo.

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In the mills of northwest Georgia, workers treated carpets with these chemicals starting in the 1970s. Carried in manufacturing wastewater, the chemicals spread into rivers and, ultimately, drinking ...