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Engineers develop water filtration system that permanently removes 'forever chemicals' (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by remington to c/environment

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[–] Lost_Wanderer 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To get out of paying cleanup they'll do what coal companies do - https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-west-virginia-coal-mining-alpha

[–] Hirom 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well, better not wait until operation stops, executives retire, and the company go bankrupt.

It's not very surprising that a mandate to eventually cleanup things isn't working. Gotta cleanup waste as they're produced.