Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a filtration system that would permanently remove "forever chemicals" from drinking water. This news comes after a recent study revealed nearly 200 million Americans have been exposed to PFAS in their tap water. Dr. Madjid Mohseni, a professor at British Columbia, shares his research.
  • Hirom@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Now, let’s mandate such filtration systems on plants that use or produce forever chemicals.

    Polluters should pay for the bulk of this, not taxpayers.

      • Hirom@beehaw.org
        5·
        2 years ago

        Well, better not wait until operation stops, executives retire, and the company go bankrupt.

        It’s not very surprising that a mandate to eventually cleanup things isn’t working. Gotta cleanup waste as they’re produced.

    • Slatlun
      4·
      2 years ago

      Definitely there should be discharge standards for industrial point sources. There is a precedent for that. The harder problem is controlling nonpoint input from all of us as we clean off our makeup, toss our food wrappers, and wash our clothes (etc). The producers should be responsible for that clean up too.