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.

  • heyoni@lemm.ee
    62·
    9 months ago

    Or just answer this questionnaire I just made up:

    Is that water? Yes Did you melt it from an ancient glacier? No Is it from planet earth? Yes

    You’ve got microplastics flavored water!

      • heyoni@lemm.ee
        2·
        9 months ago

        In an attempt to be funny, I missed that! I should have known because if I’m not mistaken microplastics are super hard to measure accurately and LCMS isn’t even one of the methods used!