New England Researchers Find Only 10% of PFAS Passed Through WWTPs

Researchers tracked 24 different PFAS through six wastewater treatment facilities

New England Researchers Find Only 10% of PFAS Passed Through WWTPs

UNH researchers sample emerging contaminants in the Great Bay Estuary. (Photo courtesy of UNH)

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have conducted two of the first studies in New England to collectively show that per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) end up in the environment differently after being processed through wastewater treatment facilities — making it...

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