New 'forever chemical' cleanup strategy discovered

ScienceDaily
May 9, 2024, 3:55 pm198 pts
A method has been discovered to treat water heavily contaminated with unhealthful forever chemicals, known by chemists as PFAS or poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances. It involves treating heavily contaminated water with ultraviolet (UV) light, sulfite, and a process called electrochemical oxidation. It breaks…

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