By Molly Bilinski, Lehigh Valley News
LOWER SAUCON TWP., Pa. — As scientists sought to separate PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, from the environment, they studied oceans and rivers.
“They realized that the bottom of dams, where it’s foaming up, had a lot more PFAS there than down, deeper in,” said Jeff Travis, vice president of engineering for The Water & Carbon Group. “Then, if you go to an ocean, if you stand where the waves come crashing in, the highest level PFAS is all that foam that comes up — it’s loaded with PFAs now.”
With that finding came a workable solution to separate forever chemicals from water — add air.
Officials at the Bethlehem Landfill on November 18 cut the ribbon on its $2 million per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, treatment plant–the first of its kind in the U.S.
Related:
EPA Launches New Initiative to Tackle PFAS, Identify Emerging Contaminants in Water
‘Forever’ chemicals can be destroyed with clever chemistry
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