Earthling1a t1_j5ka5vb wrote on January 23, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Reply to comment by 1CDoc in Magnetic solution removes toxic "forever chemicals" from water in seconds by chrisdh79

ThAt's what I'm wondering about. Although if it can be magnetically removed from the water - which property it would need to have to remove the PFAS - then that may be moot.

squanchingonreddit t1_j5krj68 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:33 PM

Yeah, I've not seen magnets used in freshwater treatment before, but this would be an incredibly simple solution to the problem at hand.

Magnets are fuckin cool and so is this research.

Old_timey_brain t1_j5ktrn9 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:47 PM

I could see this working best if they were able to channel the water through a trough which introduces the magnetic fluorinated polymer sorbent, then past a series of powerful magnets to remove all magnetic particles.

Then the water flows on.