“This is meticulous research, at the crossroads of different disciplines such as biology, chemistry and physics. In Strasbourg, a team of researchers is on the trail of bacteria capable of degrading eternal pollutants, better known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances).
These substances are found in a variety of everyday products, such as food packaging, kitchen utensils and household products. Their properties make them highly persistent, so they end up in the environment. Pollution by PFAS, some of which are highly toxic, is thus affecting the general public.
Michael Ryckelynck and Stéphane Vuilleumier are professors-researchers in biochemistry and microbiology at the CNRS and the University of Strasbourg. They explain this quest for PFAS-eating bacteria." Source = Air Zen Radio
