A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
April 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
But they don’t give a shit about lead in your water, PFASs or microplastics!
September 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
But they don’t give a shit about lead in your water, PFASs or microplastics!
How best to get rid of PFASs “forever chemicals” is now a multibillion-dollar question. Nature reports how regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals. 🧪
How to get rid of toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution
Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
How best to get rid of PFASs “forever chemicals” is now a multibillion-dollar question. Nature reports how regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals. 🧪
A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
How best to get rid of PFASs “forever chemicals” is now a multibillion-dollar question. Nature reports how regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals. 🧪
How to get rid of toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution
Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals.
go.nature.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
How best to get rid of PFASs “forever chemicals” is now a multibillion-dollar question. Nature reports how regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals. 🧪
"High levels of PFASs lower hatching rates and reduce overall survival rates. In particular, PFASs disrupt hormones and lower fertility rates in male birds ... it’s quite often the case that as one compound is banned there’s another one coming down the line"
#PoisonedPlanet #PlanetaryBoundaries
#PoisonedPlanet #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Tracing pollution in the lives of Arctic seabirds
Olivier Chastel travels to Svalbard in northern Norway to study the impact of contaminants such as mercury on black-legged kittiwakes.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
"High levels of PFASs lower hatching rates and reduce overall survival rates. In particular, PFASs disrupt hormones and lower fertility rates in male birds ... it’s quite often the case that as one compound is banned there’s another one coming down the line"
#PoisonedPlanet #PlanetaryBoundaries
#PoisonedPlanet #PlanetaryBoundaries
Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals
https://go.nature.com/44puJOP
https://go.nature.com/44puJOP
How to get rid of toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution
Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals.
go.nature.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals
https://go.nature.com/44puJOP
https://go.nature.com/44puJOP
Disqualified over a snowboard? That’s what happened to one Olympian after PFASs were found in his equipment.
These chemicals are used in everything from water-resistant gear to non-stick pans.
Under the Stockholm Convention, countries are working to phase out the most harmful PFASs: bit.ly/4at85YI
These chemicals are used in everything from water-resistant gear to non-stick pans.
Under the Stockholm Convention, countries are working to phase out the most harmful PFASs: bit.ly/4at85YI
March 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Disqualified over a snowboard? That’s what happened to one Olympian after PFASs were found in his equipment.
These chemicals are used in everything from water-resistant gear to non-stick pans.
Under the Stockholm Convention, countries are working to phase out the most harmful PFASs: bit.ly/4at85YI
These chemicals are used in everything from water-resistant gear to non-stick pans.
Under the Stockholm Convention, countries are working to phase out the most harmful PFASs: bit.ly/4at85YI
At the same time, as our case revealed, the water companies have lobbied vigorously to prevent the sludge testing rules from being updated. So sewage sludge is simply not tested for the great majority of toxic contaminants, from PFASs to dioxins, furans, PAHs, microplastics etc.
July 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
At the same time, as our case revealed, the water companies have lobbied vigorously to prevent the sludge testing rules from being updated. So sewage sludge is simply not tested for the great majority of toxic contaminants, from PFASs to dioxins, furans, PAHs, microplastics etc.
"Forever Chemicals" don't have to last forever—a heat- and pressure-based technique known as supercritical water oxidation destroyed 99 percent of the PFASs present in a water sample. 🧪https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-destroy-forever-chemicals/
How to Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’
Health-damaging PFASs are nearly impossible to break down—but a new hot-water technique can destroy them
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July 8, 2023 at 1:45 PM
"Forever Chemicals" don't have to last forever—a heat- and pressure-based technique known as supercritical water oxidation destroyed 99 percent of the PFASs present in a water sample. 🧪https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-destroy-forever-chemicals/
December 2, 2024 at 2:07 PM
A feature in Nature Index examines the growing legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ and how researchers are racing to develop safer alternatives. go.nature.com/3S3IQ8c #chemsky 🧪
May 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A feature in Nature Index examines the growing legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ and how researchers are racing to develop safer alternatives. go.nature.com/3S3IQ8c #chemsky 🧪
Historical PFAS trends in the Great Lakes using four decades of archived fish.
#GreatLakes 🧪
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January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Historical PFAS trends in the Great Lakes using four decades of archived fish.
#GreatLakes 🧪
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#GreatLakes 🧪
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The guy who loves PFASs and billionaires, but hates trans folk and the homeless? But he says mean words to Trump.
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The guy who loves PFASs and billionaires, but hates trans folk and the homeless? But he says mean words to Trump.
Er zit door vervuiling van fabrieke zoveel pfass in de grond..dat wormen overal er vol mee zitten. Dus ... Stop de vervuiling!!!
March 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Er zit door vervuiling van fabrieke zoveel pfass in de grond..dat wormen overal er vol mee zitten. Dus ... Stop de vervuiling!!!
Two papers in Nature present new approaches to break down poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using light-activated catalysts into more recyclable byproducts.
https://go.nature.com/4fDP71z
https://go.nature.com/3Z4N5jM 🧪
https://go.nature.com/4fDP71z
https://go.nature.com/3Z4N5jM 🧪
November 23, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Two papers in Nature present new approaches to break down poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using light-activated catalysts into more recyclable byproducts.
https://go.nature.com/4fDP71z
https://go.nature.com/3Z4N5jM 🧪
https://go.nature.com/4fDP71z
https://go.nature.com/3Z4N5jM 🧪
Polluting the ground with the PFASs and micro-plastics in my body? For shame!
June 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Polluting the ground with the PFASs and micro-plastics in my body? For shame!
Sooo..some want to re-define #PFASs within IUPAC. I am happy to be part of a group of scientists pushing back on such activities not driven by any flaw in the OECD PFAS #definition but more likely motivated by economic or political interests...
read our statement here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
read our statement here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Scientists’ Statement on the Chemical Definition of PFASs
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June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sooo..some want to re-define #PFASs within IUPAC. I am happy to be part of a group of scientists pushing back on such activities not driven by any flaw in the OECD PFAS #definition but more likely motivated by economic or political interests...
read our statement here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
read our statement here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#PFAS: Unternehmen erzielen mit deren Herstellung Mrd.-Gewinne - Steuerzahler müssen dann deren Beseitigung bezahlen.
#Kapitalismus
Analyse von @nature.com.
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#Kapitalismus
Analyse von @nature.com.
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How to get rid of toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution
Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the chemicals.
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#PFAS: Unternehmen erzielen mit deren Herstellung Mrd.-Gewinne - Steuerzahler müssen dann deren Beseitigung bezahlen.
#Kapitalismus
Analyse von @nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Kapitalismus
Analyse von @nature.com.
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I'm not sure anyone yet knows how long it takes to get blood levels of PFAS down after major exposure. But this study found people in Michigan still had elevated PFAS levels three years after the abstaining from their contaminated tap water: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Elevated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in tap water and serum in a community near an abandoned paper mill
In 2018, elevated concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) (1600 ng/L) were discovered in municipal wells, and the groundwater co…
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June 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm not sure anyone yet knows how long it takes to get blood levels of PFAS down after major exposure. But this study found people in Michigan still had elevated PFAS levels three years after the abstaining from their contaminated tap water: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Under the new Federal guidelines the lake that North Bay gets its drinking water from is contaminated with PFASs almost 2X above limits.
The provincial guidelines are old so the PFASs pass.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The provincial guidelines are old so the PFASs pass.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
National Defence invests $120M to clean up northern Ontario site contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ | CBC News
The Department of National Defence is investing $120 million to clean up and remediate a site at the Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, Ont., that was contaminated with “forever chemicals” for decades...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Under the new Federal guidelines the lake that North Bay gets its drinking water from is contaminated with PFASs almost 2X above limits.
The provincial guidelines are old so the PFASs pass.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The provincial guidelines are old so the PFASs pass.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And increasing the allowable amount of PFASs in drinking water and fewer food safety inspections and exempting children and military from required vaccinations...
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
And increasing the allowable amount of PFASs in drinking water and fewer food safety inspections and exempting children and military from required vaccinations...
Ik schijnt dus zoveel Pfass in mijn lijf te hebben als Rotterdamert dat ik niet oud wordt. Ben 73 dus ik mag niet versteld staan dat het niet van het roken komt noch onder de vuile lucht noch onder de leugens. Het licht aan het roken.
September 27, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Ik schijnt dus zoveel Pfass in mijn lijf te hebben als Rotterdamert dat ik niet oud wordt. Ben 73 dus ik mag niet versteld staan dat het niet van het roken komt noch onder de vuile lucht noch onder de leugens. Het licht aan het roken.
In a new paper, 22 scientists—including Professor Ian Cousins and Associate Professor Marlene Ågerstrand at Department of Environmental Science @stockholm-uni.bsky.social —defend the current definition of PFASs established by the OECD. #PFAS #Chemistry
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Scientists defend widely used definition of PFASs - Department of Environmental Science
In a new paper published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 22 scientists—including Professor Ian Cousins and Associate Professor Marlene Ågerstrand from the Department of Environmen...
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June 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
In a new paper, 22 scientists—including Professor Ian Cousins and Associate Professor Marlene Ågerstrand at Department of Environmental Science @stockholm-uni.bsky.social —defend the current definition of PFASs established by the OECD. #PFAS #Chemistry
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