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  • PFAS lurking in US water supply as U of Illinois researchers develop filter technology

    Apr 21, 2023 12:00 pm by WLS-TVIllinois in the News
    Illinois researchers including professor Diwakar Shukla, left, professor Xiao Su, Anaira Román Santiago and Song Yin collaborated on a study that verifies that electrochemistry – rather than filtration and harmful solvents – can remove short-chain PFAS from the environment and municipal water supplies. U of I photo by Fred Zwicky

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    WLS-TV (April 20) U of I researchers are designing an electrode that can capture a range of a new breed of 'forever chemicals' called short-chain PFAS. Meanwhile, the EPA is moving to impose new limits on those chemicals in drinking water.

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