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Chemical engineers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada have come up with an all-in- one solution for trapping and breaking down these forever chemicals.
They developed an iron oxide/graphemic carbon hybrid photocatalyst and found that it trapped PFAS chemicals and broke them down into harmless components.
The researchers think the catalyst could be used on contaminants other than PFAS .
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