Advanced Mass Spectrometer Being Used to Discover PFAS Compounds

A team of researchers, including Colorado State University's Jens Blotevogel, is using one of the most powerful chemical analysis tools in the world to unravel the complexities of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) . They are working to characterize and catalog the thousands upon thousands of chemical compounds in the PFAS family, so future studies can find solutions to health and environmental impacts. "We're not only attempting to resolve the chemical complexity of PFAS, we're also opening doors for researchers who want to look at treatment, environmental fate and transport, and toxicology," says Blotevogel, a research assistant professor in the Department of