The definitive PFAS reference

Everything PFAS.
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From what PFAS is to how it's destroyed: drinking water, firefighting foam, the laws of the land and sea, the destruction technologies, and the precedents you can cite. The single sourced reference for fire departments, water utilities, airports, vessel operators, and agencies.

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The reference

Deep, sourced references on every part of the PFAS problem:

Water

PFAS in Water

Drinking water, groundwater plumes, and the treatment that takes water to non-detect: GAC, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis.

Directory

Destruction Technologies

Every way to actually destroy PFAS, and the companies behind each one, with their stage and contracts.

Science

The Science

The carbon fluorine bond, why PFAS persist, the destruction chemistry and conditions, and the analytical methods. For labs and engineers.

Standards

Standards & Accreditation

The standards that matter, by domain: foam (NFPA, MIL-PRF, EN, UL, ICAO), water (NSF/ANSI), and labs (EPA 1633, ISO 17025).

Precedent

Case Studies

What fire departments, water utilities, military bases, states, and communities have actually done.

Legal

Laws & Regulations

Federal, state, territory, and the laws of the sea: who must do what, by when, and the liability if you get disposal wrong.

Counsel

For Counsel

The PFAS legal picture for lawyers: CERCLA liability, the AFFF litigation and settlements, the shifting rules, and the documentation that decides who pays.

Global

PFAS at Sea

The global picture: the IMO ban, ~40,000 ships still carrying PFAS foam, and the dockside disposal gap.

By state

The Takeback Scoreboard

For operators, regulators, and EPA tracking the national effort, and for any department checking whether its own state has a program. Gallons, buybacks, laws, deadlines.

Software

Chain-of-Custody Program

The neutral cradle-to-grave tracking system for the foam takeback, for fire departments, haulers, labs, and states.

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