My husband and I happily used our Teflon cookware for years, but when news about the dangers of Teflon started to make the news in the early 2010s, I ditched my entire set. Over the years, I acquired ...

and short-chain PFAS like perfluorobutanesulfonate (PFBS) to achieve the same results. "This study helps us to understand how important exposure to these chemicals via the skin might be and also ...

This industry application has become more difficult in recent years due to regulatory and market pressure to increase ...

Reverse osmosis is considered the most effective technology for removing a wide range of PFAS, including short-chain chemicals. However, it is the more expensive option and produces a significant ...

who is working on the sonochemical degradation of PFAS in collaboration with Valgo, also acknowledged at the colloquium that the effectiveness of this method on what are known as short-chain PFAS ...

Given the widespread contamination, persistence, and environmental impacts associated with the use of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), there ...

manufacturers gradually replaced ultra-toxic PFAS known as long-chain PFAS (6 to 14 carbon atoms), with short-chain PFAS, which proved just as harmful. To put an end to this "regrettable ...

These efforts would focus on destroying long-chain PFAS. To tackle newly made PFAS products and all short-chain PFAS compounds (which are small enough to bypass most water filters), the project ...

Industries have long struggled with PFAS treatment. Current methods like filtration and adsorption merely move PFAS from water to other waste streams, requiring expensive incineration or landfilling ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sometimes called forever chemicals, constitute a large group of synthetic chemicals that contain at ...

That short distance — and the river separating ... plants needed to purge per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from Hastings’ drinking water. Woodbury, Cottage Grove and a cluster ...