Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a filtration system that would permanently remove “forever chemicals” from drinking water. This news comes after a recent study revealed nearly 200 million Americans have been exposed to PFAS in their tap water. Dr. Madjid Mohseni, a professor at British Columbia, shares his research.
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that’s awesome. I can’t wait for the creators and companies to charge insane amounts for this new method, thus keeping it out of the public’s hands for decades to come. It’ll be great to see all the red tape and bureaucratic stupidity that’ll stop humanity from further using/advancing it. Even better i bet other nations will have no access to this and thus America will again be seen as evil yet again. What lovely times we live in.
Companies that created and used the chemicals need to be the ones footing the bill. They made a killing
DuPont wouldn’t know anything about that kind of thing
I give this guy a few more years to live. Lets be real, the big corps won’t let him live.
shut down Dow chemical they have been destroying the world for 100s of years
Maybe someday we’ll figure out not only how to capture them, but also how to convert and recycle them into something nontoxic and useful.
Thank you
they are trying to filter out H20 from water?😳
oh its PFAS…. and I thought H20 is a “forever chemical” as well…🤪
Oh, sure. It works in a LAB. The process requires great amounts of heat which would use a lot of energy. On an industrial scale, which would be needed to filter enough water to serve a community, that energy cost would be tremendous. Like most lab discoveries, this process can not provide results needed to make it viable at all.
Classic black box scam. He’s given up on doing legitimate science and going for the big investor payout. As long as this funds the labs, the university will look the other way. Not the first time, not the last time.
The title is misleading, the process doesnt remove them permanently, but it does clear whatever is in the water sample at the time. ie the water does not get a magical immunity to prevent it from getting those chemicals in it again…but this is cool that they can even take the chemicals out of a water sampleand generate clean water for a water sample.
Maybe they should get it to the people that have been poisoned in Ohio.
No follow up questions? Pretty crappy interviewing. And then the guest is just dismissed. What a jerk.
The companies that invented and used these forever chemicals are in control of the government. They will never pay for their misdeeds..
Great now can we get the Flouride out of our water, the excuse its for dental is baloney.
These systems have been in use for years, so are this a marketing stunt for a company selling these systems?
I am aware of at least two water treatment plants that have used that type of PFAS removing systems for years due to a local pollution caused by fire fighting repellents in Scandinavia. These are even smaller local plants not critical plants serving many millions of people. It are not that complicated. I remember seeing it on tv some years ago, just tanks filled with tiny pellets that make the PFAS stick to them. The pellets have to be changed every 2 to 4 years and they can be disposed in high temperature incinerators without emitting airborne PFAS emissions. NOT new technology as claimed above. But tried and tested technology that have been in use for a while for those that have the need and willingness to invest in them.
Everyone is starting to realize that our health has never been priority.
Here’s hoping it doesn’t simply remain solely for the rich.
Clean water ought to be the the law of the land.
So now they’re almost forever chemicals
IT IS IN THE RAIN, THE FOOD CHAIN, AND THE SOIL! THE FRONT FELL OFF, OF YOUR COMMON SENSE. Oh neat, what a great addition to self regulation. Unfortunately, Big Chem has an excuse to ignore us now. I ONLY WATCHED THIS VIDEO TO CHECK FOR C8, NONE MENTIONED. HIGH PROBABILITY OF CONTAMINATES. THE PROGENY OF THE DOW FACTORY VICTIMS UNDERSTAND
*STOP MANUFACTURING IT*
Does flint Michigan have them yet. I bet no
NOTHING ON FLORIDE that is a waste chemical and was used in the concentration camps to make the Jews more manageable, so why add it to water supply in the US. Oh its good for your teeth, but it calcifies the pinel gland or third eye, the spirit eye
ahahahahahaha — you can bet yo Ss – the governments will keep this wrapped up in red tape for decades – only the elite rich will benefit from it – American politicians may even refuse the results of its ability – Unless one figures out how to get under the table money for doing so — ahahahahahaha – lead is said to be found in all the water systems of america – and they have Not done anything about it even now – and have Suppressed the information on it even – thats the reason that bottle water was introduced in the First place – Now its worth Billions — PROCESS that one ——- Canada is trying to do a Good thing — it will be Spit upon — for Money’s sake – I need one that is “affordable” for my house system — and that’s NOT gonna happen —
The other thing is nanographene & hydrogel & pharmacuticals in water but uts a good idea
The only side effect, forever and ever chemicals
So forever chemicals will now be never chemicals…
Cuando supieron que habia uranio lo hicieron jaja
To bad it’ll be illegal in the US 🤗.
Oh God knows I am praying this is true and works and isn’t a scam. We have put PFAS in so many things and it’s just contaminated everything…
Can we not sue the producer of those chemicals as a class action since so many are exposed
And they be like 10$ for a 16oz bottle
Well thats good.
It’s still in the food and other products.
I’m pretty sure that ceramic is the way to go. Nothing fluorinated in that.
Thank God! No more fluoride!
Let’s hope these guys don’t die mysteriously in the next few months
Rich people will get clean water, yay.
and watch how the government find him just like they did that black Security guard at the buffalo grocery store shooting and he made a car that runs off water and try to delete him… the gov dont want us to be safe…
Commonsense is dont develope and use chemicals we can’t keep out of our enviroment. I think it’s irresponsible not to know if something will hurt life on earth.
What we also need, even more, is a filtration system for BS “science” that claims this or that chemical does terrible things when they really don’t.
And distillation works great. Something that nuclear energy would power cheaply.
In the process of breaking down these chemical compounds what toxins (if any) are produced?
To bad the interviewer has so little knowledge about this matter that he didn’t ask the critical question as how it’s done and compared to existing methods such as distillation or membranes. If it’s pointless if the cost to remove chemicals from water is too expensive. Next time, ask ChatGPT what questions to ask please.
I live in WI and Lake Michigan is so full of these things that there are warnings that eating one fish caught in there is the equivalent of drinking contaminated water for over a month. This is insane.
How do these extremely stable chemicals react and cause problems in the human body?
Now how do we get it out of our soil and the rest of nature?
Enough floride and they can make you think whatever they want .
I never drink tap water ew
Mmmmm Methane infused flammable Fracking water.. Yummy… pour me up…
Science creates problems.
Science creates solutions.
Yay
The birth of the $8 bottle of ‘chem-free’ water. Yay.
Let’s hope the filtration system itself doesn’t also cause harm….you never know until years later.
Just when they are derailing trains everywhere this sounds like bullsht
The only real solution is to stop producing these PFAS. Chemical industries should be fined and criminally charged.
It would drop the cancer rate sharply
Hint: Water Distiller removes everything. Get your vitamins & minerals from foods & supplements 👊
Scientists didn’t do it, engineers did.
Another worldwide affecting invention by Canadians. Grats! Now we need to be able to remove this from the fatty tissues, lymphatic system and blood inside those that have been exposed and suffer from these chemicals
Hallelujah ✨️
a filtration system that would permanently remove “forever chemicals” from drinking water? NBC is making a dream, and not news reporting.🙂
You gotta love 60’s tech
Thank god for all our scientists and engineers 👏
We have all kinds of ways to remove “forever” chemicals from water. We have had them for a long time.
Jajajaja ahora ya hasta el agua va a estar bien cara xD
distillation does it too.
Next up, filtration to eliminate global elites🇺🇸
4 minutes of no new information being shared besides “we are doing a thing”. how utterly uninformative.
Am I the only one who’s never heard the term, “forever chemicals” until now?
Is he talking into a potato?
😂That was so perfectly explained my 2 year old could understand ! We separate the many forever chemicals make a big pile , then we break them down to nothing ! Wallah !
Won’t be available till 2050 sorry folks
They just put on these stories about solutions to take heat off of the companies and people responsible
What about micro plastics
He can’t solve every problem all at once.
No talk of eliminating the cause, just more search for cures.. sort of like the health industry
Oh great…
Cue the: “don’t worry, we can filter it.”
This is great to hear! Love when scientist are trying to better the world.
Awesome 🎉
Dark waters is the only movie you need to watch. Scary stuff.
The reason why they are hard to get rid of is there is too much power behind wealthy individuals and companies to sell a lie. Look at tobacco and petro
Its called a water filter! Been around for decades!
Trying to crack down. So the gov can’t control businesses from killing people. Interesting. I’m curious if this guy will get the credit in the history books or it’ll be John smith invented this. Good work professor
Good video
Wait… Did we hear that right? “De-fluoride”? If this has something to do with added fluoride to our tap water, why not be honest and admit it? Were those theories actually right? Why not call out these companies on it? Also where’s the solution for the common person? All I can figure is drink bottled water, or get your own spring water in safe bpa free bottles if you are lucky enough to be by a natural spring… I feel lied too… I don’t feel I can trust the news anymore…
After breaking down the chemicals how, exactly are they removed from the eco-cycle?
Said a whole lot of nothing. Showed no proof. Spreading false hope.
Still have to substitute minerals otherwise it might leach …. right ??..
my scam detector is going off.
So we can now use ocean water ??….so basically no more water shortage ever ??
Hawaii don’t have to worry
We don’t need this here in Washington as our Governor ran on a clean water campaign 30 years ago so we must have pure water by now. Just like how Joe Biden flew in and purified all the water in East Palestine. Nope we have Miracle Democrats don’t need no newfangled technowledgy!
how convenient.
Another muslim wins the day
May Hashem bless this engineers and there work, and may the messianic age come already.
Ok so will the corporations who made said chemicals purify the water used for farming? The ocean water we fish from?
This is great news but I worry companies will use this as an excuse to keep pumping out plastic
Not carbon chlorine bonds. Carbon fluorine bonds
Where do I buy it
“lemme get rid of the chemicals, forever! I just have to put this, chemical here in to it” 🤡🤡🤡🤡
How do you guys even believe yourselves? 😅😂