Sunlight-powered catalyst could help eliminate “forever chemicals”

New technology could use sunlight to break down ‘forever chemicals’

An international team of scientists led by the University of Bath has developed a new catalyst – a substance that speeds up chemical reactions – that uses sunlight to break down so-called ‘forever chemicals’ prevalent in the environment and known to accumulate in the human body with unknown long-term health effects. They hope this technology could in the future be scaled up and used to detect or remove these persistent chemicals from the environ…

Sunlight-powered catalyst could help eliminate “forever chemicals”

Scientists have developed a new material that uses sunlight to break down PFAS, a group of long-lasting pollutants often called “forever chemicals.” The discovery offers hope for cleaning up contaminated water and soil, as well as creating easier ways to detect these harmful substances in the environment. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are […] The post Sunlight-powered catalyst could help eliminate “forever chemicals” appea…