US scientists have discovered a low-cost method for destroying chemicals associated with cancer.
The research team, led by Brittany Trang, identified a new mechanism to break down the PFAS by using a common chemical called sodium hydroxide - which is used in household products like soap or painkillers.
They targeted a group of weaker charged oxygen atoms which sit at the end of the long tail of carbon-fluorine bonds. The process effectively "decapitated the head group from the tail" and the PFAS began to fall apart, leaving only harmless products."This could be a breakthrough if it is low cost," chemicals policy lead and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Camilla Alexander-White, tells BBC News.The team of scientists hope that with further research PFAS could be filtered from drinking water and this new method applied to destroy the contaminants.
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