Getting rid of the “forever chemical” Trifluoroacetic acid, or TFA, found in everything from drinking water to human blood, ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go out in wet weather, acid rain "may have a sequel", said Popular Mechanics, and "like ...

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden with pollution from coal power plants and cars at the time that it ...

A forest watered by acid rain may be less able to slake its thirst. That’s one finding from a decades-long experiment in the Appalachian Mountains, where the U.S. Forest Service since 1989 has ...

The group closely tracks acid rain in the Adirondacks because it is the world’s largest, intact deciduous forest ecosystem, saying it has historically suffered the worst acid rain damage in the U.S.

Acid rain, however, usually falls between a range of 5 to 5.5 on the pH scale, meaning it’s more corrosive. Though making contact with acid rain won’t burn your skin off, you might experience ...

Is acid rain coming down over Ohio farmlands? Social media posts claim this is an effect of the response to the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. A woman in a Feb. 19 Facebook video ...

Norfolk Southern Railroad released and burned five tanker cars of vinyl chloride in East Palestine, Ohio, to prevent explosion after a freight train derailed in the village Feb. 3. Vinyl chloride ...

Its name is Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a kind of “forever chemical” that, for decades, has been steadily increasing in rain water—but not just rain water.