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PFAS have exceptional properties that make them difficult to degrade, especially when it has been ingested. As a result, exposure to them will lead to bioaccumu
by Citizen8396 2y ago
PFAS have exceptional properties that make them difficult to degrade, especially when it has been ingested. As a result, exposure to them will lead to bioaccumulation. Wastewater is treated to remove things like metformin, and anything that eludes that can be metabolized normally.
- pfdietz 2y agoWWTPs have not proven successful at removing metformin or its metabolite. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213343722009794 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221334372... Granted, this particular chemical partitions into water, not the solids, so it isn't the best example here.