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A Clean, Cost-Effective Method to Eliminate PFAS in Water
PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of some 5,000 artificial chemicals commonly found in water, household items, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a plethora of other industrial applications. They’re also, consequently, found in wildlife and human beings. Their tendency to linger indefinitely in the environment without degrading has earned PFAS the label “forever chemicals.” The Environmental Protection Agency PFAS an urgent public health and environmental issue facing communities across the United States. Scientists from Johns Hopkins APL are developing several technologies to capture and destroy these “forever chemicals.” The APL team has demonstrated an and an . Together with a previously published and work focused on developing PFAS replacements, APL is building a portfolio of technologies aiming to enable full PFAS remediation.Related Publications
Zhiyong Xia, James Johnson, Jesse Ko, et al.
US Patent No. 20230001251-A1 (pending), Jan. 5, 2023
James Johnson, K. Michael Salerno, Danielle R. Schlesinger, et al.
npj Clean Water, vol. 5, no. 55, 2022, doi:10.1038/s41545-022-00193-y
Danielle R. Schlesinger, Collin McDermott, Nam Le, et al.
Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., vol. 8, pp. 2732–2743, 2022, doi:10.1039/D2EW00058J
Jesse Ko, Nam Le, Danielle Schlesinger, et al.
Scientific Reports, vol. 11, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97596-7
