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Advanced Treatment Technologies Efficacies and Mechanism of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances Removal from Water
Science
20 Jan 2020 | Proc. Safety and Environ. Prot.
PFAS removal efficacy and mechanisms through advanced technologies are reviewed.
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Treatment train approaches for the remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): A critical review
Science
7 Jan 2020 | J Haz. Mat.
After a review of 150 scientific articles, researchers propose a multistep process to maximize PFAS remediation.
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Formation of perfluorocarboxylic acids from 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2 FTS) in landfill leachate: Role of microbial communities
Science
26 Dec 2019 | Environ. Poll.
Bacteria found to break long-chain PFAS down into short-chains in a matter of days.
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Food Safety Concerns: Crop Breeding as a Potential Strategy to Address Issues Associated with the Recently Lowered Reference Doses for Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane sulfonate
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26 Dec 2019 | J Agric Food Chem.
A review of agricultural crops that are not prone to accumulate PFOA and PFOS, including their specific identification and traits, to help decrease PFAS levels in humans.
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DuPont made billions polluting tap water with PFAS; will now make more cleaning it up
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12 Dec 2019 | EWG News
DuPont announced on Wednesday it will purchase Desalitech Ltd., a manufacturer of closed-circuit reverse osmosis technology. Reverse osmosis is one of the most expensive water filter technologies on the market, but it can remove many fluorinated chemicals, known as PFAS.
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Michigan woman wonders if PFAS caused her family’s cancers
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5 Dec 2019 | MLive
She wonders if PFAS played a role in her husband’s death from kidney cancer. And if it contributed to her battle with thyroid cancer.
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Wastewater sources of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals in four Canadian Arctic communities
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4 Dec 2019 | Sci. Total Environ.
Wastewater was determined to be a significant source of PFAS in the arctic, potentially polluting nearby water sources.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in commercially available biosolid-based products: The effect of treatment processes
Science
26 Nov 2019 | Water Environ Res.
Commercial biosolid treatment processes found not to decrease the amount of PFAS in waste.
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The list of military sites with suspected ‘forever chemicals’ contamination has grown
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21 Nov 2019 | Military Times
“As part of this process, we think there are probably more installations, and I’m not ready to tell you what that number is, but we found that we under-counted,” Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment McMahon told reporters in a briefing at the Pentagon.
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Tap water at Trump National Golf Course contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
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6 Nov 2019 | Newsweek
PFOA levels reached 3.5 and 3.6 ppt at Jersey golf course.
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Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from tap water using heterogeneously catalyzed ozonation
Science
31 Oct 2019 | Envir. Sci.: Water Research & Tech
A new method of removing PFAS from contaminated drinking water was explored.
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Themed issues on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Science
22 Oct 2019 | Royal Soc. of Chem.
A summary of current PFAS research focused on sources, analytical techniques, toxicity, regulation, and remediaiton.
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Adsorption behaviour and mechanism of the PFOS substitute OBS (sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate) on activated carbon
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13 Oct 2019 | R Soc Open Sci.
Sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate, an alternative to PFOS, was efficiently removed using activated carbon.
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Electrochemical Oxidation of Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (GenX): Mechanistic Insights and Efficient Treatment Train with Nanofiltration
Science
13 Oct 2019 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Nanofiltration found to be a cost-effective treatment for water contaminated with GenX and other PFAS.
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3M to halt production of undisclosed chemicals at Decatur plant
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19 Sep 2019 | to WHNT News 19
3M indicated in a statement to to WHNT News 19: "we have elected to temporarily idle certain manufacturing processes. We will resume these processes as soon as practicable.”