New Proven Solution to Eliminate the Source of Contaminated Drinking Water

Photo: Battelle PFAS ANNIHILATOR™ technology in a warehouse

The PFAS ANNIHILATOR™ attacks the source of the chemicals, destroying them and blocking them from entering drinking water systems.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued health advisories for chemical compounds called PFAS, or so-called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Such human-made chemicals, initially introduced at the time of the World War II as an armor coating, have been adapted for an extensive range of everyday products, such as cosmetics, non-stick cookware, food packaging, paint, firefighting foams, and several other products that are water and oil repellent, friction-reducing, and temperature resistant.

At present, PFAS are universal in all 50 states in the United States and throughout the world, and the majority of people have them in their bodies. The health effects of some PFAS are connected to thyroid problems, infertility, and various types of cancer.

At present, there are no federally enforced, science-based standards for PFAS regulation, but the EPA liberated a PFAS Strategic Roadmap in October 2021 and determined over 120,000 US locations where people might be exposed to PFAS.

The EPA mid-June advisories for some of the 5,000-plus PFAS compounds came with an indication that the federal agency will start to regulate them in the coming months.

The newly-developed technology has been proven to destroy PFAS by making use of supercritical water oxidation (SCWO), a process that leads to breaking the carbon–fluorine bond that makes them highly durable. The on-site destruction abilities of Battelle have been developed to remove PFAS at the source of contamination prior to getting to drinking water supplies.

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