US landfills emit nearly a ton of airborne PFAS a year, study finds

US landfills emit nearly a ton of airborne PFAS a year, study finds

US municipal landfills leak roughly 1,800 pounds of PFAS into the air annually — evidence that the country’s garbage dumps are a persistent source of airborne “forever chemicals,” according to a new nationwide study. Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Oregon State University (OSU) measured levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in gases emitted from 30 municipal landfills of varying ages across the US. Most…