Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are the ultimate environmental villains. They’re designed to shrug off heat, water, and oil, and they’re excellent at that. But they’re so good that they ...

Rice University develops copper-aluminum material that destroys PFAS forever chemicals 100 times faster than current filters ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have earned the nickname of forever chemicals from their extraordinary ability to stick around in the environment long after they’ve been used.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have earned the nickname of forever chemicals from their extraordinary ability to stick around in the environment long after they’ve been used.

Engineers at UC Riverside are the first to report selective breakdown of a particularly stubborn class of PFAS called fluorinated carboxylic acids (FCAs) by common microorganisms. Under anaerobic ...

World’s water tainted. Synthetic PFAS, which have been linked to cancer and other diseases, have contaminated nearly every drop of water on the planet. Unbreakable bond. These chemicals contain a ...

Fluorine-containing gases -- including so-called per- or polyfluorinated hydrocarbons, or PFCs -- have a significant share in global warming. Researchers recently developed new crystalline materials ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and ...

New filtration technologies could absorb ‘forever chemicals’ at ‘ultrafast’ rate - Researchers say developments could greatly ...

Project managers at the City of Orlando's Water Conserv II facility are exploring new approaches to handle biosolids. (Azhalia Pottinger/WUFT News) ORLANDO, Fla.— On a humid morning at one of the ...