but it can also render organic compounds highly toxic or pollutants. Fluorine's name derives from fluorspar — or fluorite, CaF 2 (pictured) — which in earlier times was used as a flux to ...

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Researchers found that chemicals, including PFAS, from pharmaceuticals are entering into wastewater — which can be used as drinking water during times of drought.

Fluorine compounds fall into two broad categories: organic and inorganic. Both categories have a wide range of industrial uses. Organic fluorides are compounds where fluorine is bound to carbon ...

A University at Buffalo study reveals that a strain isolated from contaminated soil can break down the strong carbon-fluorine ...

The Environment Ministry has given water utility companies until the end of September to report back on organic fluorine compounds in tap water that pose a hazard to a human health. An expert ...

In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and ...

The government is poised to toughen regulations to ensure safer drinking water in Japan, after a recent survey showed that organic fluorine compounds in tap water exceeded guidelines for the ...