Gradiant’s ForeverGone for PFAS Removal and Destruction

Boston, United States:   Gradiant, a global leader in advanced water and wastewater treatment, today announced its ForeverGone technology has been

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Environmental Factor – March 2019: PFAS — a problem in North Carolina drinking water

Researchers, community members, and others gathered Feb. 14 at the NIEHS-funded Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE) at North Carolina State University (NCSU),

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Environmental Factor – May 2019: PFAS Senate hearing, Birnbaum’s expert scientific testimony

Congressional interest in the class of chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoralkyl substances, continued last month with a March 28 hearing of the

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Environmental Factor – September 2019: PFAS conference highlights research obstacles, public health challenges

A widespread group of man-made chemicals — some of which can cause harmful effects in humans and the environment — was the focus of a

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Environmental Factor – October 2019: PFAS front and center at fellow’s talk in Chapel Hill

On August 26, Bevin Blake, a predoctoral researcher in the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Reproductive Endocrinology Group, spoke about a controversial group of man-made chemicals.

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Environmental Factor – November 2019: PFAS workshop kicks off National Academies initiative

Experts and concerned citizens gathered Sept. 26-27 in Washington, D.C., to discuss the class of chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoralkyl substances. The

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Environmental Factor – December 2019: North Carolina scientists, policymakers take on PFAS

Toxicologists, policy analysts, industry and community representatives, and North Carolina state legislators met Oct. 23-24 in Durham, for a summit on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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Environmental Factor – May 2020: Mauge-Lewis researches replacement PFAS in firefighting foams

“These AFFFs are used in a 3-6% concentration in either fresh or sea water when they are put in big tankards to fight fires,” said

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: PFAS should be managed as a single class of chemicals, experts say

Treating the thousands of potentially toxic chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a single class could reduce health risks and contamination, and improve

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Environmental Factor – September 2020: Virtual workshop explores newest PFAS research

Three NIEHS grantees presented their latest research on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, at a July 31 Federal Information Exchange. The online session — attended

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