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Supercritical Water Oxidation as an Innovative Technology for PFAS Destruction | Journal of Environmental Engineering | Vol 148, No 2

[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!

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Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:51:42

Pictures of the pollutants on the surface of the fetid Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. The body

Pictures of the pollutants on the surface of the fetid Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York.

The body of water – one of the most polluted in the US – is getting a $506 million (£344 million) detox after being used as an industrial dumping ground for more than a century. “The mud is up to three metres deep and has the consistency of thick mayonnaise,” says Walter Mugdan, superfund division director at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is overseeing the cleanup.

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