{"id":234035,"date":"2026-03-25T03:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/bio-based-polymer-offers-a-sustainable-solution-to-forever-chemical-cleanup"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:27:24","slug":"bio-based-polymer-offers-a-sustainable-solution-to-forever-chemical-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/bio-based-polymer-offers-a-sustainable-solution-to-forever-chemical-cleanup","title":{"rendered":"Bio-based polymer offers a sustainable solution to \u2018forever chemical\u2019 cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/bio-based-polymer-offers-a-sustainable-solution-to-forever-chemical-cleanup2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered a renewable, bio-based polymer membrane capable of efficiently capturing toxic \u201cforever chemicals\u201d from water, offering a potential new route to more sustainable water treatment. The paper is <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsami.5c22145\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal ACS Applied Materials &amp; Interfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a member of the per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) family and once commonly used in non-stick coatings, has now been widely detected in water sources worldwide. High levels of exposure have been linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-01-pfas-chemicals-everywhereand-theyre-highly.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">cancers<\/a>, hormone disruption, and immune system suppression, with governments around the world taking action to protect people and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many conventional water treatment materials that require frequent replacement or generate secondary waste, the new bio-based membrane can trap and hold over 94% of PFOA from water. It can later be treated with heat to remove the trapped pollutants, allowing the polymer to be reused and reprocessed into a new membrane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered a renewable, bio-based polymer membrane capable of efficiently capturing toxic \u201cforever chemicals\u201d from water, offering a potential new route to more sustainable water treatment. The paper is published in the journal ACS Applied Materials &amp; Interfaces. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a member of the per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}