Researchers develop methods for breaking down forever chemicals
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed two processes - hydrodynamic cavitation and cold atmospheric plasma combined with gas dispersion - to break down per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), industrial chemicals that are extremely resistant to chemical degradation. The work has been published in Chemical Engineering Journal Advances and Scientific Reports, respectively.
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