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A Clean, Cost-Effective Method to Eliminate PFAS in Water
PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of some 5,000 artificial chemicals commonly found in water, household items, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a plethora of other industrial applications. They’re also, consequently, found in wildlife and human beings. Their tendency to linger indefinitely in the environment without degrading has earned PFAS the label “forever chemicals.” The Environmental Protection Agency has declared PFAS an urgent public health and environmental issue facing communities across the United States. Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory are developing several technologies to capture and destroy these “forever chemicals.” The APL team has demonstrated an enhanced filtration technique to capture PFAS and an ecofriendly way to destroy them. Together with a previously published electrochemical destruction technique, APL is building a portfolio of technologies aiming to enable full PFAS remediation.
