Vancouver researchers say they’ve found a way to destroy highly resistant PFAS, also known as ‘forever chemicals,’ with a new technology that removes them from drinking water before they end up in the environment — and our bodies.
Forever chemicals are everywhere, from cookware to cosmetics to clothes to carpets. For decades, they’ve been building up in the environment and our water – and in our bodies.
Now Canadian researchers say they have developed a practical way to remove the toxic compounds from our drinking water.
“There’s no natural way for this thing to break down,” said Johan Foster, an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Applied Science and the senior researcher on the team that developed the technology.
“They have found [forever chemicals] in everything from glaciers to mountain lakes to killer whales.”
But by soaking wood chips in an …