A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world

A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” used in lithium ion batteries essential to the clean energy transition present a dangerous source of chemical pollution that new research finds threatens the environment and human health as the nascent industry scales up.

The multipronged, peer-reviewed study zeroed in on a little-researched and unregulated subclass of PFAS called bis-FASI that are used in lithium ion batteries.

Researchers found alarming levels of the chemicals in the environment near manufacturing plants, noted their presence in remote areas around the world, found they appear to be toxic to living organisms, and discovered that waste from batteries disposed of in landfills was a major pollution source.

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    5 months ago

    While the most commonly used PFAS definitions globally include bis-FASI, one division of the EPA does not consider it to belong to the chemical class, so it was not included on a list of compounds to be monitored in US water.

    Sounds like a regulatory gap that needs closing asap.

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    21·
    5 months ago

    How many more cases of “forever Capitalism” do we have to see to understand that Capitalism usurps all other value systems, including valuing each others health.

    The problem is basic values are being usurped by profit driven interests.

    • silver13@lemmy.world
      11·
      5 months ago

      I’d say that tons of different battery technologies are in the making or already in production, same for recycling methods. I’d also say that people like you probably don’t give a single fuck about the batteries in all their other devices. Cutting down the production by banning single use batteries , enforcing reuse and recycling and of course offer public transport as an alternative to EVs wherever it is possible are also pretty common demands among your big bad “globalist” crowd.