More information: Hao Zhang et al, Photocatalytic low-temperature defluorination of PFASs, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08179-1 Provided by University of Science and Technology of China ...

The microbes in the study were able to break down the carbon-fluorine bonds within some unsaturated PFAs, in a process known as defluorination. It occurs when enzymes split the chemical bonds ...