We May Finally Be Able to Destroy a Dreaded ‘Forever Chemical’ in Our Drinking Water

Compounds once thought indestructible were successfully broken down

Drew Costley
OneZero
Published in
3 min readMar 24, 2020

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Photo: Franck Fife/Getty Images

InIn 2019, nearly two dozen water agencies in Southern California were found to have reportable levels of cancer-causing chemical compounds in their wells. By 2020, 700 agencies with similar contamination had…

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Drew Costley
OneZero

Drew Costley is a Staff Writer at FutureHuman covering the environment, health, science and tech. Previously @ SFGate, East Bay Express, USA Today, etc.