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- 1Navy Report to Congress Details PFAS Environmental Remediation▼Report to Congress on Environmental Remediation of PFAS
A report to Congress on environmental remediation of PFAS, the so-called forever chemicals, has been released by the US Navy, as reported by USNI News. The document addresses military efforts to clean up PFAS contamination, a long-running issue around defense installations where firefighting foam use has polluted soil and groundwater.
- 2Firefighting foam 'forever chemicals' may aid drug chemistry●Forever chemicals in firefighting foam could become a useful resource for pharmaceutical chemistry
Researchers suggest that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the persistent 'forever chemicals' used in firefighting foam, could be repurposed rather than only destroyed. The chemicals' stable fluorine-carbon bonds, which make them an environmental hazard, are similar to structures valued in pharmaceutical chemistry, meaning recovered material might serve as a resource for making medicines instead of a waste problem.