New type of activated carbon that captures PFAS

Trying to capture and destroy PFAS, persistent pollutants that remain in the environment for a very long time (called also "forever chemicals") has become a priority goal for researchers given the damage they cause; they are present in water and therefore in the food chain with consequent damage to health and the environment. They are present in a large number of products widely used such as in non-stick coatings of pans, as waterproofing agents in jackets and other fabrics, in cosmetics and conventional methods fail to break the very resistant molecules of their chemical bonds. It seems that Canadian researchers have developed a procedure with a new type of activated carbon that succeeds in this difficult task by using fragments of wood in a solution of iron chloride and burned at high temperature.

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