When you think about bacteria, your mind might jump to germs or yogurt, but have you ever thought of them as possible environmental heroes? Turns out, they might be just the allies we need to tackle a ...

Scientists at the University at Buffalo have found one bacteria strain with high potential to break down and transform "at least three types of PFAS … and some of the toxic byproducts," too, ...

In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ are increasingly showing up in the environment, our food and drinking water, and throughout our bodies. But we might have a new weapon: scientists have identified a bacterium ...

Scientists have identified a form of bacteria that eats the toxic "forever chemicals" that leach into the water supply by way of manufacturing. Better yet, the bacteria also munch on the chemicals' ...

When PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) were developed, companies found a huge number of ways to apply them to different products. But while they have desirable properties, they have also had ...

Diana Aga (left) and her PhD student Minduala Wijayahena anaylze an ion chromatogram that demonstrates the bacteria's biodegration of a forever chemical. BUFFALO, N.Y. — In the quest to take the ...