Estimated scale of costs to remove PFAS from the environment at current emission rates

Overview of attention for article published in Science of the Total Environment, February 2024

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The global costs of removing #PFAS from the environment may exceed global GDP. If polluters paid the full bill, many would go bankrupt — clear proof that prevention is essential. Under envl. law, prevention comes first, followed by control & mitigatio…

@EndBigMoneynow @RossCol89474735 Please consider negative externality (also called "external cost" or "external diseconomy") e.g. "Thus, current costs to remove and destroy the total PFAS mass released annually into the environment would likely exceed …

@Mayhem4Markets "How much would it cost to yearly remove PFAS at the rate it is currently being created? It would be more then Global GDP" https://t.co/YDkvOesdEV https://t.co/vpOz36RbnB

@Mayhem4Markets "meeting proposed drinking water regulations was recently estimated at $55 billion USD and $24 billion USD by separate studies" https://t.co/YDkvOesdEV

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