#chemical cleanup
[SUBMISSION]Some good news! Tl;dr- SWO has been found to break down about 99% of PFAS chemicals and is super viable as a technology to help clean up superfund sites like the Hudson River! We’ve been trying to figure out how to efficiently clean up PFAS for a while now so this is a big deal.
“The findings of all three demonstration studies showed a greater than 99% reduction of the total PFAS […] As a destructive technology, SCWO may be an alternative to incineration and could be a permanent solution for PFAS-laden waters rather than disposal by injection into a deep well or landfilling.”
This is one of those technological breakthroughs that doesn’t sound very exciting on paper but could make a huge difference in cleaning up polluted waterways and improving the surrounding ecosystems.
Thanks to @dreaming-of-spots for this submission!
