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CETCO highlights PFAS remediation tech at EPA roundtable

CETCO highlights PFAS remediation tech at EPA roundtable

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Minerals Technologies Inc. announced that its environmental solutions business, CETCO, took part in a high-level United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) roundtable in Washington focused on PFAS remediation. The event brought together government officials and industry leaders to discuss technologies aimed at removing so-called “forever chemicals” from drinking water and contaminated sites. CETCO was represented by Barry Shadrix, Global Director of Water and Remediation, alongside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, US Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and other specialists working in PFAS remediation. The discussion centred on practical solutions, innovation, and the cost of treating PFAS contamination across the United States. The meeting highlighted growing federal and commercial interest in scalable PFAS remediation technologies as regulators and utilities face increasing pressure to address contamination in water supplies and soil. CETCO used the event to showcase its FLUORO-SORB® adsorbent technology, which has already been deployed in full-scale remediation projects. Speaking on the EPA roundtable, Shadrix said: “It is an honour to be able to join the government and other industry leaders in this …

PFAS remediation using microbial and fungal systems

PFAS remediation using microbial and fungal systems

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Myconaut integrates macro and microbiology to transform PFAS contamination into manageable environmental solutions PFAS are no longer an emerging issue. They are a distributed, system-level constraint across water infrastructure, agricultural land, industrial supply chains, and human health. Their defining characteristic, the strength of the carbon-fluorine bond, has made them resistant to environmental degradation and many conventional treatment tools. In short, we’re building living systems that can eventually break the unbreakable bond. For those working in this space, the challenge is not defining PFAS, but what remains unresolved. How do we move from capture and containment toward scalable, economically viable transformation pathways? Existing technologies such as activated carbon, ion exchange, membrane separation, and thermal processes are essential. They concentrate and control PFAS for compliance and risk reduction. However, extraction is not a terminal solution. Concentrated PFAS streams still require destruction, and current pathways can be costly, energy-intensive, and complex. This is where biotechnology is beginning to reshape the conversation. We are entering a phase of rapid growth in environmental biotechnology. In this model, ex situ bioreactors …

Plasma destruction reshapes the future of PFAS remediation

Plasma destruction reshapes the future of PFAS remediation

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As regulatory pressure intensifies and the cost of PFAS remediation escalates, industry and government leaders face a common question: how to permanently eliminate PFAS contamination for clean drinking water – efficiently, safely and at scale. For decades, most treatment approaches have focused on separation rather than destruction – removing PFAS from water through filtration or adsorption, only to create secondary waste streams that require additional handling and disposal. Today, plasma-based destruction technology offers a fundamentally different path forward. DMAX Plasma Inc. is at the forefront of this shift, delivering a scalable plasma destruction platform designed to permanently break down PFAS molecules across a wide range of real-world water matrices, from landfill leachate to groundwater, stormwater, and industrial wastewater. Moving beyond separation to permanent destruction PFAS compounds are notoriously difficult to destroy due to the strength of their carbon-fluorine bonds – among the strongest in chemistry. Traditional treatment technologies, such as granular activated carbon, ion exchange, or membrane systems, capture PFAS but do not eliminate them, transferring long-term liability downstream. DMAX Plasma’s solution focuses on permanent …

Global leadership in PFAS remediation

Global leadership in PFAS remediation

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Having made an early decision to invest in science surrounding PFAS, crcCARE now offers an expansive portfolio of PFAS solutions rooted in deep scientific knowledge. Long before PFAS became a headline issue or a regulatory priority, crcCARE recognised that a major environmental challenge was emerging. In 2005, when only a handful of laboratories worldwide could reliably measure PFOS or PFOA, crcCARE had already begun building the scientific, analytical, and engineering capabilities needed to understand these ‘forever chemicals’. At the time, PFAS were still considered niche industrial compounds used in coatings, mist suppressants, and aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs), etc. Yet, crcCARE understood that the unique carbon–fluorine bond underlying the PFAS family would inevitably create unprecedented environmental persistence, long-range mobility, and complex exposure pathways. This early decision to invest in PFAS science was transformative. Many national and international agencies began focusing on PFAS only after widespread contamination was detected at sites such as firefighting training areas, airports, defence bases, and industrial zones. By contrast, crcCARE had spent nearly a decade developing expertise across environmental chemistry, hydrogeology, ecotoxicology, …