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Lisa Stortstrom's avatar

This is great news! I am happy that PFAS can now be removed from wastewater. Now, here in SW Florida, we have radioactive cyanobacteria that is discharged downstream from Mosaic Mines. Is that something different or is it a type of PFA? I became very ill from swimming in the Gulf when I moved down here. Thank you very much.

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Erin Brockovich's avatar

That's a whole other beast, you can check out what I had to say about that here: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/massive-sinkhole-opens-at-mosaic-facility-in-polk-county

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Lisa Stortstrom's avatar

What kind of “highly corrosive substances” were they mixing with processing materials?

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Gregg Rosner's avatar

And pharmaceuticals of course. Mostly unregulated by EPA, even decent wastewater treatment plants remove only 50% of those toxins. They bioaccumulate in marine life. First time dolphin Moms will lose their newborn from the toxic load of mammary milk. Rehoboth Beach DE, was able to get a new NPDES permit, even though discharging outfall was into a known habitat for dolphins and endangered sturgeon. Lazy and cheap is no way to conserve oceans and rivers.

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Erin Brockovich's avatar

Yes, pharma too! Yuck. Lazy and cheap is right!

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stuart rudick's avatar

Erin, PFAS are the canary in the coal mine for our generation.

How is this corn polymer technology uniquely different from cyclopure's technology?

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Erin Brockovich's avatar

Good question! We linked his contact info in the story, if you want to reach out! Keep us posted.

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