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3 PFAS disposal technologies are most promising, US EPA says
Policy
21 Dec 2020
Burning PFAS as hazardous waste to destroy the chemicals is one of the three technologies the EPA suggests in interim guidance issued Dec. 18.
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Photo enhanced degradation of polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances
Science
16 Dec 2020 | Heliyon
High degradation and defluorination efficiency of PFAS could be achieved by photon driven processes such as photolysis, photochemical, photocatalysis, and photoreduction.
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Removal and formation of perfluoroalkyl substances in Canadian sludge treatment systems - A mass balance approach
Science
8 Dec 2020 | Sci Total Environ .
The contaminant mass balances revealed that there were significant changes in mass flows of the target PFAS through all kinds of sludge treatment systems.
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The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class
Science
1 Dec 2020 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
We argue that this high persistence is sufficient concern for their management as a chemical class, and for all "non-essential" uses of PFAS to be phased out.
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German Federal Agency's International Conference: PFAS - Dealing with contaminants of emerging concern
Events
30 Nov 2020
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the German Environment Agency will be hosting a two-day international conference focusing on strategies on how to deal with PFAS-contaminated soil and groundwater.
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Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Banning Incineration of Firefighting Foam Containing PFAs in Certain New York Cities
Policy
24 Nov 2020
Governor Cuomo today signed legislation banning the incineration of AFFF containing PFAS, the emerging contaminants known as PFAS, in certain cities.
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PFAS Thermal Destruction at Wastewater Treatment Facilities: A State of the Science Review
Science
24 Nov 2020 | Water
This review covers available research on the fate of PFAS through incineration systems with a focus on sewage sludge incinerators.
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From Waste Collection Vehicles to Landfills: Indication of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transformation
Science
3 Nov 2020 | ES&T L
Leachate from waste collection vehicles was tested and found to contain PFAS precursors suggesting precursor transformation to PFAAs during the course of landfill disposal.
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Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?
Science
3 Nov 2020 | J Hazard Mater
In this review, remediation of PFAS contaminated soils through manipulation of their bioavailability and destruction is presented.
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Microbial Cleavage of C-F Bonds in Two C Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds via Reductive Defluorination
Science
3 Nov 2020 | Environ Sci Technol
Microbes were found to be able to successfully degrade PFAS under common anaerobic conditions.
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Toxic synthetic 'forever chemicals' are in our water and on our plates
News
2 Nov 2020 | PBS
It was the start of the 2016 growing season when the farmers were told their water was contaminated.
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PFAS: Rules on firefighting foam mired in dispute over definitions
News
28 Oct 2020 | Wisconsin State Journal
Act 101, passed late last year in Wisconsin on a bipartisan vote, restricts the use of PFAS containing foam to emergency situations and testing facilities with “appropriate containment, treatment and disposal measures” without defining those containment, treatment and disposal measures.
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Characteristics, pollution patterns and risks of Perfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water sources of Taiwan
Science
27 Oct 2020 | Chemosphere
This investigation provides information and reference points for further reviews of PFAS presence in public water supplies.
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Baseline survey of marine sediments collected from the Kingdom of Bahrain: PAHs, PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, perfluoroalkyl substances, dioxins, brominated flame retardants and metal contamination
Science
21 Oct 2020 | Marin. Poll. Bull.
First regional report of PFAS in sediment, with PFOS prevalent in Tubli Bay.
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‘We can never get to zero’: Organics recyclers face hard choices in responding to PFAS contamination
News
19 Oct 2020 | WasteDrive
In January of this year, the Michigan city of Ann Arbor announced a grim discovery: traces of a notorious group of toxic chemicals had cropped up in the city’s compost facility.