America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and running in W. Michigan

Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by spiznnx on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:04PM (#35822766)

PTFE, the end product, is safe for general use. PFOA/PFOS were used in its manufacture, but does not need to be present in the final product or dumped unprocessed into the wastewater or landfill. It's only in our environment due to cost-savings reasons.

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by mlyle on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:07PM (#35822792)

PTFE isn't the only end-product. There are a lot of products that use PFAS directly for water resistance and other properties. Even some personal care products like dental floss, shampoos, etc.

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by spiznnx on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:09PM (#35822812)

I did not realize this. That seems rather unnecessary.

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by verall on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:03PM (#35823757)

The dental floss you're talking about is PTFE and not PFAS.

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by coryrc on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:17PM (#35823852)

Nope: https://www.ehn.org/pfas-floss-2658203711.html

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by spiznnx on Thursday May 04, 2023 @11:33PM (#35824911)

PFAS is a class of chemicals that includes both the safe/stable PTFE and cancer-causing ones like PFOA, PFOS, and new ones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_subst...

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by engineer_22 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:51PM (#35824710)

Great fire retardant, heavily used in soft foam furniture like sofas.

Also great for preventing stains, used on carpets.

Lots of attractive applications of these chemicals and that's why they're so pervasive

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by mensetmanusman on Thursday May 04, 2023 @07:46PM (#35823623)

It’s in our environment because it was used to fight fires at munition depots.

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by engineer_22 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:52PM (#35824712)

It's in fire fighting foams at airports. Every military air base has a ground plume beneath it.

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Re:America’s first high-volume ‘PFAS Annihilator’ is up and ... by red-iron-pine on Friday May 05, 2023 @01:59PM (#35832894)

Correct. Which is, incidentally, why most military air bases are superfund sites.

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