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PFAS & PFOAS

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A Sustainability Talks Video Series
A Sustainability Talks Video Series featuring waste, recycling, and sustainability experts who have stories to tell around building more sustainable business systems and world.
Highlights
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The Science of PFAS: Finding Strength in the Single Bond
May 13, 2021
To date, the large variation in the properties of PFAS compounds make it difficult to have a concrete understanding of exactly how they will behave coupled with the difficulty of being able to track and understand the over 4,600 PFAS compounds...
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Part 2: Curtain Call for Early PFAS Compound
May 07, 2021
PFAS continued to be widely used in the 1990s and early 2000s. But in the 2006, the US EPA invited the major leading companies producing PFAS to join a global stewardship program to achieve a 95% reduction of PFOA by 2010, and then a complete...
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Part 1: The Beginning of PFAS
May 06, 2021
PFAS were first introduced into manufacturing in the 1930s and have been produced since the mid-20th century. They’re in many products we use every day, including food packaging, outdoor gear, popcorn bags, food wrappers, facial moisturizers...
Researching PFAS in Landfills
Current Strategies for Managing PFAS in Leachate
Mar 03, 2021
Last week, the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) held a Science Session webinar on “Weighing the Options: Current Strategies for Managing PFAS in Leachate,” which covered the science behind PFAS in leachate; the EPA’s interim...
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