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Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Into the Susquehanna River, Polluting a Vital Drinking Water Source
Warnings that a large-scale plastics recycling plant planned along a floodplain in Central Pennsylvania could flush toxic PFAS into the Susquehanna River, a major source of drinking water for millions, are stirring a budding opposition movement. The Houston-based startup company Encina, which proposes to build the $1.1 billion advanced recycling plant in Northumberland County, says […]
Read MoreDestroying ‘Forever Chemicals’ is a Technological Race that Could Become a Multibillion-dollar Industry
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — How do you destroy pollution so stubborn, it’s nicknamed “forever chemicals”? That’s a question researchers and companies across the country are eager to answer, as regulation tightens on PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and the chemicals’ producers face a mountain of lawsuits. The chemicals are in fast-food wrappers, firefighting foams, nonstick […]
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