Researchers at Colorado State University have found a new approach for breaking down PFAS—a group of human-made "forever" ...

A simple chemical bond between carbon and fluorine atoms changed the world — for the better, and then for the worse. Such ...

With any PFAS destruction technology, ensuring the complete severing of all carbon-fluorine bonds within the molecule is ...

Researchers ahave found a new approach for breaking down PFAS -- a group of human-made 'forever' chemicals commonly used for their water-resistant properties that can carry health risks from long-term ...

Compounds that contain carbon–fluorine bonds have various uses, but many are chemically inert, persisting in the environment as ‘forever chemicals’. Light-activated catalysts have been ...

Four years ago, Kang, Jian-Ping Qu of Nanjing Tech University, and colleagues made a carbazole-based catalyst that, under purple light, efficiently ruptured the carbon-fluorine bond in fluorobenzene.

The carbon-fluorine bond found in PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) compounds is particularly challenging to break apart. That durability has led to widespread use of these ...

Cancer-linked PFAS are polluting our waterways, endangering our wildlife and causing health complications - and there's ...