Researchers unveil method to detect 'forever chemicals' in under 3 minutes
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New Jersey Institute of Technology chemists have demonstrated a new lab-based method to detect traces of PFAS from food packaging material, water and soil samples in just three minutes or less.
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Or just answer this questionnaire I just made up:
Is that water? Yes Did you melt it from an ancient glacier? No Is it from planet earth? Yes
You’ve got microplastics flavored water!
PFAS <> microplastics, but you’re not wrong
In an attempt to be funny, I missed that! I should have known because if I’m not mistaken microplastics are super hard to measure accurately and LCMS isn’t even one of the methods used!