Certain species of microbe found in the human gut can absorb PFAS (phys.org)

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[-] piconaut@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Interesting but the bacteria appear to just sequester PFAS, not metabolize them. Also, the difference in fecal PFAS excretion between high absorbing and low absorbing strains didn't look that impressive.

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