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The Guardian view on chemical pollution: the UK can’t ignore the risks from PFAS | Editorial

The Guardian Manufacturing

Efforts by the plastics industry to thwart regulation come from a familiar playbook As the public wake up to the risk of forever chemicals, or PFAS, the industry is fighting back with a campaign researchers have compared with big tobaccos battle against restrictions on smoking.

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Project to create alternative to PFAS foam firefighting

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: /stock.adobe.com As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a new Charles Darwin University (CDU) project is aiming to increase the efficacy of this alternative foam. PFAS-based foams make mixtures with fuel to be non-flammable, unlike F3.

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Enhancing PFAS-free firefighting foams

Manufacturer's Monthly

Fluorine-free firefighting foams currently do not match PFAS-based foam performance in fire suppression scenarios. Image: ChiccoDodiFC/stock.adobe.com A new project out of Charles Darwin University focuses on developing fluorine-free firefighting foams that are just as effective as PFAS-based foams , but less toxic.

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CHAR Technologies Ltd. to test commercial-scale pyrolysis pilot for PFAS destruction

Canadian Manufacturing

involved in sustainable energy solutions, will present its first United States based high temperature pyrolysis (HTP) demonstration for PFAS destruction, in partnership with Synagro Technologies, Inc. TORONTO — CHAR Technologies Ltd., and the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW).

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Utilising PFAS waste to manufacture batteries

Manufacturer's Monthly

Dr Cheng Zhang displays a PFAS battery prototype, utilising fluorine compounds for enhanced performance and stability. Images: University of Queensland A project at the University of Queensland aims to turn PFAS waste into a valuable resource for battery production. My group began focusing on PFAS remediation in 2018.

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New UQ project set to improve battery technology using PFAS chemicals

Manufacturer's Monthly

Researchers at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have made a filter which quickly and cleanly captures per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The filter contains a patented sorbent solution that uses an ion-exchange technique to isolate and remove the PFAS particles as the water passes through it.

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PFAS Plaintiff Asserts One of the Largest Class Actions in History

Foley

You read that correctly: A PFAS plaintiff in a case pending in Ohio federal court recently asserted “one of the largest class actions in history,” according to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is currently considering an appeal filed in In re E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. 1 2022 WL 4149090, at *10 (6th Cir.