Microbes can degrade the toughest PFAS

ScienceDaily
May 23, 2022, 8:28 pm251 pts
Engineers now report selective breakdown of a particularly stubborn class of PFAS called fluorinated carboxylic acids (FCAs) by common microorganisms. Under anaerobic conditions, a carbon-carbon double bond is crucial for the shattering the ultra-strong carbon-fluorine bond by microbial communities. The…

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