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The scary thing for me is that it's in the rain, so it'll be in crops, water reservoirs, trickling into the water table and into drinking supply. We have to sto
by superchroma 4y ago
The scary thing for me is that it's in the rain, so it'll be in crops, water reservoirs, trickling into the water table and into drinking supply. We have to stop this right now.
- bob1029 4y ago> You can't use techniques like distillation to remove PFAS Can we get a citation on this? I’m not a chemical engineer, but distillation seems like a pretty good way to get rid of virtually everything.
- superchroma 4y agoI'm sorry, I had it wrong. I've checked my facts. It works. This is actually a relief for me.
- loosescrews 4y agoRain is a form of distillation.
- superchroma 4y agoThis is a good point. I don't know what to think now. I presume 3M isn't spraying this stuff into the air as an aerosol.
- tadfisher 4y agoPFAS components do end up in the atmosphere from the manufacturing process, which is how it precipitates (droplets nucleate around the airborne particles). Same story with any particulate emissions, like soot, dust, tires, etc.
- serf 4y agoa form of distillation with virtually no isolation, compartmentalization, and unlimited precursor conditions, which pours into a huge mass of possibly dirty air and debris.
- colechristensen 4y agoSome things absolutely distill over, it’s not magic, but depends on (to simplify) the boiling point of the substance compared to the boiling point of water. For example it is not possible to completely separate ethanol and water with distillation. A quick internet search seems to indicate PF* can be separated with distillation.