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Notmuc hi sknownaboutt hequant i t i es ,t ypes ,or s pec i fics our c esofdi s c har gedPFAS,yetPFASc ont i nue t obemanuf ac t ur edandus ed.Fur t her mor e,t heEPA hasnotyeti dent i fiedal lf ac i l i t i esus i ngPFAS, s ugges t i ngt hatt her ear epot ent i al l ymanymor e f ac i l i t i esus i ngPFASt hanpr evi ous l yt hought .

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Mor et hanhal fofs ewages ol i ds pr oduc edi nt hec ount r yar eappl i ed t oagr i c ul t ur all andsasf er t i l i z er , muc hofwhi c hc ont ai nsPFAS.PFAS c ant henbet akenbypl ant sand eat enbyani mal s ,t her ebyent er i ng ourf oods our c es .

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I nor dert ocl os et hePFAScycl e,t r eat ment s ys t emsmus tbei ns t al l edatbot hdr i nki ng wat erandwas t ewat ert r eat mentf aci l i t i es

Whatar ewat ert r eat mentopt i onst hatar ecur r ent l yavai l abl e? r entwat erandwas t ewat ert r eat mentopt i onsi nc l udegr anul at edorpowder edac t i vat ed  Cur c ar bon( GAC/ PAC) ,I onexc hanger es i n,nanofil t r at i on,oz oneandphot ol ys i s( UVt r eat ment ) .

OncePFASi sr emovedf r om t hewat er ,how i si tdi s pos edof ? t at ewi l lhavet hei rownper mi t t edmet hodofdi s pos albutgener al l y,onc ePFASar er emoved,  Eachs t heyar eei t hers entt ol andfil l sorf ac i l i t i eswher et heyar edes t r oyed( t ypi c al l yvi ai nc i ner at i on) .

How canPFASbet r eat edi ft her ei ss oi lcont ami nat i on? t herber emovedf r om s oi lvi apumpandt r eatmet hods( us i ngabovemet hodst or emovePFAS  PFAScanei s uc hasac t i vat edc ar bonori onexc hange) ,i ns i t ut r eat mentt hr oughoxi dat i on,orexc avat i onanddi s pos al . hermet hodoft r eat menti si mmobi l i z at i onofPFASi nt hes oi l ,wher et hePFASar enotac t ual l y  Anot r emovedf r om t hes oi l .I ti sal es sexpens i veopt i ont hati st ypi c al l yac hi evedbyi nj ec t i ngand/ ormi xi ng ac t i vat edc ar boni nt ot hes oi l .

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