An investigation into fluoroelastomer watch bands has revealed high levels of perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), a short-chain ...

With the right wastewater treatment strategies, companies can address these challenges while advancing their sustainability ...

Filters in water pitchers or under-sink systems capture dangerous chemicals, only for them to be returned to the environment.

Four Black & Veatch experts weigh in on six FAQs about the U.S. EPA’s recent Draft Sewage Sludge Assessment for PFOA and PFOS ...

manufacturers gradually replaced ultra-toxic PFAS known as long-chain PFAS (6 to 14 carbon atoms), with short-chain PFAS, which proved just as harmful. To put an end to this "regrettable ...

The least financially prohibitive techniques would eliminate the long-chain PFAS but only part of the short-chain PFAS. Their implementation in Europe's largest wastewater treatment plants would ...

These efforts would focus on destroying long-chain PFAS. To tackle newly made PFAS products and all short-chain PFAS compounds (which are small enough to bypass most water filters), the project ...

Pharma and medtech companies are invited to join a project on PFAS exposure, emissions and end-of-life management in the health care sector ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sometimes called forever chemicals, constitute a large group of synthetic chemicals that contain at ...

Despite freshwater’s critical role in the global economy, 80% of the world’s untreated wastewater is released into rivers, ...