RedditMemesSuck t1_j48azoj wrote on January 13, 2023 at 9:25 PM

I may be making this up completely but I could’ve swore “forever chemicals” can be cleaned up and removed from the environment, I can vaguely remember reading an article about it

Another-random-acct OP t1_j48bzl2 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 9:32 PM

They’re just now starting to figure out how to filter them out. But only kind of in a academic setting.

Cyclopure In the photo is one of the only commercial entities claiming to be able to filter it.

By forever chemicals they mean they’ll never breakdown on their own.

chuckie512 t1_j49ylsl wrote on January 14, 2023 at 4:50 AM

Someone recently found a way to do it to a sample in a lab.

Still a long ways from cleaning up a body of water, or your body.

Blexcr0id t1_j4asvvy wrote on January 14, 2023 at 11:05 AM

There are several treatment technologies that can remove PFAS/PFOA to meet recommended drinking water concentrations.

https://www.epa.gov/research-states/pfas-treatment-drinking-water-and-wastewater-state-science#:~:text=It%20is%20currently%20known%20that,a%20balance%20between%20many%20factors.

As with any treatment, the question is how do you dispose of the treatment systems byproducts (GAC/resins/membrane backwash & cleaning washwaters) when they reach end-of-service removal efficiencies.