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Efficient Solutions for PFAS Removal | WEFTEC Series | Podcast | EP3
Tonya Chandler of BioLargo, Inc. talks about PFAS removal: why common treatment captures PFAS without destroying it, and where new rules may go next.
In episode 3 of this Engineers for Communities series, Tonya Chandler from BioLargo, Inc. talks about ways to remove PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) from water.
The talk covers growing PFAS rules, why common treatment methods leave PFAS to deal with later, and where PFAS show up in daily life.
Guest
Tonya Chandler, BioLargo, Inc.
In this episode
- PFAS face more and more rules, covering both drinking water and wastewater.
- Activated carbon, ion exchange and membranes can remove PFAS from water, but they capture PFAS rather than destroy them.
- BioLargo's aqueous electrostatic concentrator, which uses the polarity of PFAS to hold them on membranes and, Chandler says, leaves less waste than older methods.
- PFAS in everyday products, such as makeup, dental floss and contact lenses.
- Rules expected next, which reach past water to how PFAS are used in making products.
Read about MES PFAS treatment design in Colorado.
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