Purdue innovation may take ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’

Story by Steve Brown - FOX59

July 27, 2023

Linda Lee, a distinguished professor of environmental chemistry, and David Warsinger, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, have collaborated on a new filtering system that could someday destroy PFAS at municipal water treatment plants.

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