Oxford Chemistry researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labeled 'forever ...

In May 2024, the Maryland legislature enacted the Protecting State Waters from PFAS Pollution Act. The Act charges the ...

PERSES is the new name for the company’s commercial waste destruction system formerly known as the iSCWO system.

Furthermore, the phosphate used as an activator in the PFAS destruction process was recovered and reused, implying no detrimental impact on the phosphorus cycle. The team’s method enables the ...

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A bill to ban more household consumer products containing PFAS is gaining traction at the Statehouse. They’re products that we all have in our homes, and experts say ...

Dr Thomas Schlatzer and Dr Christopher Goult inspect the degraded Teflon sealing rings that started the team’s investigations into this new method for recycling PFAS chemicals. Credit ...

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic compounds widely employed in society due to their chemical inertness. These substances ...

This has already been achieved in other countries: Denmark, France and some states in the USA have banned (or are in the process of banning) consumer uses of PFAS like waterproof clothing, cosmetics ...

Department of Environmental Health Science, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States ...