#Bacteria found to eat #ForeverChemicals — and even some of their toxic byproducts
University at Buffalo study shows that strain taken from #contaminatedSoil breaks apart the strong carbon-fluorine bonds of PFAS, as well as some of the shorter-chain #PFAS left behind
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071523 #science #microbiology #environment #pollution #chemistry
Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals — and even some of their toxic byproducts
A University at Buffalo-led team has identified a strain of bacteria that can break down and transform at least three types of PFAS, and, perhaps even more crucially, some of the toxic byproducts of the bond-breaking process.

