PFAS, used in making products such as waterproof clothing and non\u002Dstick cookware, have been linked to serious illness, including cancer.
It will take about six months to wrap up the study. His team will also be helping out with a similar pilot in Quebec, where a study earlier this year from the University of Montreal andtested the drinking water in 376 municipalities. Nearly all of the tap water samples were positive for at least one PFAS.
To remove PFAS from the water, researchers used an absorbing material that is capable of trapping the PFAS in the water supply. Then, the chemical can be removed and destroyed using electrochemical and photochemical techniques, also developed at the Mohseni lab.Article content For example, home Brita filter cartridges are usually thrown out when they need to be replaced but then PFAS can still linger in the environment.
He said his team can remove the chemicals from the solid materials they use to capture the PFAS, and then reuse them instead of having to throw them away. Then, he uses a process he calls de-fluorination to destroy the PFAS so they cannot return to the environment.
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