How to destroy #foreverchemical?
Challenge of #PFAS is making sure we don’t make problem worse by releasing other gases or creating harmful #chemicals. Humans have long history of trying to solve problems & making things worse. Take Refrigerators. Freon, a chlorofluorocarbon, was the solution to replace toxic and flammable ammonia in refrigerators, but then it caused stratospheric ozone depletion. It was replaced with hydrofluorocarbons, which contribute to climate change
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/how-do-you-destroy-a-forever-chemical/

Firm releases almost 800kg of ‘#ForeverChemical’ a year into Lancashire river

Exclusive: #Environment Agency finds ‘very persistent, mobile and toxic’ #PFAS in effluent legally discharged near Wyre estuary
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/29/pfas-forever-chemical-river-wyre-lancashire-environment-agency #ToryPolutionParty #ToryIncompetence

“Women with higher levels of so-called “forever chemicals” in their blood have a 40% lower chance of becoming pregnant within a year of trying to conceive, according to the first known study on the effect of PFAS on female fertility.”

#PFAS #ForeverChemical https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/06/forever-chemicals-infertility-women-pfas-blood?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Revealed: scale of #ForeverChemical #Pollution across UK and Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/revealed-scale-of-forever-chemical-pollution-across-uk-and-europe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#EnvironmentScienceNews
#3M will phase out production of the #ForeverChemical #PFAS by 2025‼️ 3M will also discontinue the use of the forever chemical in its entire product line, also by the end of 2025
#GoodNewsForNature
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-3m-phase-chemicals-pfas.html