Bacteria attached to charcoal could help keep an infamous 'forever chemical' out of waterways

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Sep 29, 2025, 12:01 pm120 ptsTrending
Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a class of fire-resistant industrial chemicals, were widely used in electrical transformers, oils, paints and even building materials throughout the 20th century. However, once scientists learned PCBs were accumulating in the environment and posed a cancer risk to humans, new…

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