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Cleantech startup to commercialize PFAS-destroying method invented at Colorado School of Mines

Colorado researchers discovered a method to break down harmful “forever chemicals” found in water, air, fish and soil across the U.S.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE in Denver Business Journal

Colorado School of Mines researchers patent new process to destroy harmful PFAS "forever chemicals"

As water systems across Colorado, and the entire country, grapple with how to remove toxic “forever chemicals” from their drinking water supplies, researchers at the Colorado School of Mines have invented and patented a new process to eliminate them entirely.

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Tacoma Startup, Colorado School of Mines Team Up to Destroy ‘Forever Chemicals’

Aquagga Inc., an emerging clean-tech company based in Tacoma, has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with the Colorado School of Mines to take technology the school developed to destroy “forever chemicals” and employ it on a commercial scale starting this year.

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CT’s public water systems may soon need to treat for PFAS

The ‘forever chemicals’ have already been found in water supplies across Connecticut, and a new federal regulation could establish an enforceable limit

READ THE FULL ARTICLE in Connecticut Mirror

EPA announces plans to regulate toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" for the first time, dozens of Colorado water systems affected

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing national legal limits on per- and polyflouroalkyl substances — or PFAS — in public water supplies. The proposed changes could affect dozens of public water utilities across the Centennial State.

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Colorado will start putting one of country's most comprehensive PFAS laws into effect next year

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday produced limits on PFAS known as “forever chemicals” in drinking water. It provides guidance for water systems trying to figure out to what level it should limit the presence of the chemicals, which have been connected to serious illnesses including cancer. It will likely mean the addition of costly filtering for many water providers.

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EPA’s proposed change on PFAS limits would deem dozens of Colorado water sources unsafe

Water sources across Colorado contain potentially hazardous levels of the toxins under the new standard

READ THE FULL ARTICLE in Denver Post

Aurora, other communities await first US limits on ‘forever chemicals’ spills at military sites

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE in Sentinel Colorado