New research from Aarhus University shows that hydrogen radicals play a key role in breaking down PFAS, challenging previous assumptions about how these “forever chemicals” degrade. Published in Environmental Science & Technology, the study provides new insight into how PFAS can be destroyed rather than just removed from water. This advances the development of more effective, light-driven and chemical-free treatment methods, bringing us closer to fully eliminating PFAS from the environment.

Heart health, diet, exercise and sleep will be targeted under a multi-pronged strategy by child health experts to address Australia’s obesity crisis. 

A new study found that across nearly every U.S. region and every year through 2050, an amount of money spent deploying wind or solar delivers more combined climate and public health benefit than if it is spent on direct air capture, even under extremely optimistic assumptions of the development of direct air capture.

By following a group of young people with mental health problems for 20 years, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found that as many as 95 per cent come into contact with hospital psychiatry again. At the same time, patients face clear social disadvantages, pointing to the first admission as a critical window for providing intensive support.