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An enduring threat to water?

Envirotec Magazine

Also, the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS is being curtailed in multiple jurisdictions, with many foam users having transitioned to fluorine-free (F3) foams14, 15, whose extinguishing performance has been proven in International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) tests since 200216. Biological approaches to mineralise PFAS (i.e.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

By 1843, a Punch magazine article featured the first artificial ice rink, “not of frozen water but of a slush of chemicals including hog’s lard and melted sulphur, which smelled abominably.” CFCs and HCFCs are synthetic gases attributed to ozone layer destruction.