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Toxic PFAS Are In Our Drinking Water, How Plasma Tech Could Remove It

PFAs have been used in everyday products around the world since the 1940s, but these human-made chemicals are now present in our air, water, and bodies and we don't know how to get rid of them.

Published on 3/18/2020 at 7:00 AM

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