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Modern urban wastewater treatment plant

Toxic PFAS can be broken down by bacteria found in wastewater

15 May 2023

Certain kinds of "forever chemicals" can be dismantled using bacteria found in wastewater. This points to a possible way of making more of these compounds biodegradable
Heavy machinery removes soil that is laced with pollutant chemicals for disposal

Biotech firm electrocutes soil so bacteria can eat ‘forever chemicals’

12 July 2022

Fixed Earth is attempting to remove PFAS "forever chemicals" from soil at a test site in Wisconsin by filling it with chemical-eating bacteria and electrocuting the ground

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