Researchers unveil method to detect 'forever chemicals' in under 3 minutes
Researchers unveil method to detect 'forever chemicals' in under 3 minutes
PFAS have earned the name "forever chemicals" with good reason—the man-made compounds, which can take thousands of years to degrade and are found in everything from grease-resistant food packaging to water-repellent clothing, have made their way into nearly half the U.S. tap water supply.
New Jersey Institute of Technology chemists have demonstrated a new lab-based method to detect traces of PFAS from food packaging material, water and soil samples in just three minutes or less.
Under 3 minutes? What's the rush, these are forever chemicals, they've got all the time in the world.
They may last forever, but they are skittish little things. You gotta move fast after you turn the lights on 'cause they scatter like cockroaches.
“ Chen and colleagues say the new method—involving an ionization technique for analyzing the molecular composition of sample materials called paper spray mass spectrometry (PS-MS)—is 10–100 times more sensitive than the current standard technique for PFAS testing, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.”
When can I have this built into my Lifestraw pitcher?