'Forever chemicals' destroyed by simple new method "Dichte…

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'Forever chemicals' destroyed by simple new method

"Dichtel's team targeted this head group by heating the PFAS in dimethyl sulfoxide—an unusual solvent for PFAS destruction—with sodium hydroxide, a common reagent. The process decapitated the head group, leaving behind a reactive tail."

https://phys.org/news/2022-08-chemicals-simple-method.amp