Researchers develop innovative new method to recycle fluoride from long-lived ‘forever chemicals’

Published on March 26, 2025

Oxford Chemistry researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labelled ‘forever chemicals’) while recovering their fluorine content for future use. The results have been published this week in Nature.
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