Water System Project Targets 'Forever Chemicals'

How plants could help us detect, and even destroy, dangerous ‘forever chemicals'

The vision “I think a lot of people now are aware of PFAS, or concerned about it, or want to know whether it’s present in their water, their food. The whole purpose of what we’re trying to do is develop something that’s simple and cost effective to answer that question for them.” — Bryan Berger, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Virginia The spotlight Last fall, we wrote a story about how a group of researchers, together wi…

Experts befuddled as Trump moves to 'hamstring' his own health policy

One summer day in 2017, a front-page story in the StarNews of Wilmington, North Carolina, shook up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The drinking water system, it said, was polluted with a contaminant commonly known as GenX, part of the family of “forever” PFAS chemicals.It came from a C...

Wastewater Treatment Plants Channel ‘Forever Chemicals’ Into Waterways Nationwide - Inside Climate News

A study by the Waterkeeper Alliance documented elevated PFAS concentrations downstream of wastewater treatment facilities and fields treated with biosolids in 19 states. Unregulated discharge from industry sources are to blame, the group says.By Anika Jane BeamerHarmful “forever chemicals” flow from wastewater treatment plants into surface water across the U.S., according to a new report by a clean-water advocacy group.

Water system project targets 'forever chemicals'

The City of Corinth is seeking loan funding for a project to reduce the levels of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in the city’s surface water supply.

South Dakota government, university plan to start in-state ‘forever chemical’ testing labs

Hundreds of samples tested in recent years to determine if “forever chemicals” are tainting South Dakota water had to be shipped overnight to out-of-state labs for analysis. That’s about to change. Demand for laboratories to test samples for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is growing nationwide, as concerns about the chemicals in drinking water grow. PFAS have been used in industry and consumer products since the 1940s, including in m…

South Dakota government, university plan to start in-state ‘forever chemical’ testing labs • South Dakota Searchlight

A person works in a chemistry lab. (Courtesy of South Dakota State University)Hundreds of samples tested in recent years to determine if “forever chemicals” are tainting South Dakota water had to be shipped overnight to out-of-state labs for analysis. That’s about to change. Demand for laboratories to test samples for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is growing nationwide, as concerns about the chemicals in drinking water grow. PFAS ha…