Aspidia

We destroy PFAS forever chemicals — not just capture them. Engineering next-generation enzymes and remediation tech, from clean water to clean energy.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Interesting work. At ASPIDIA we develop on-site PFAS destruction: TriClean (cavitation + oxidation) and DEHA (engineered enzymes) mineralize them into harmless byproducts with low energy and no secondary waste. Destruction at source is the sustainable way.

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

From superheated water to sound waves, researchers are testing ways to destroy PFAS—and weighing the costs of cleanup.

Learn more: https://t.co/KKDWDGFG03

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Yes, PFAS contamination is likely underestimated—not only in drinking water, but especially in wastewater, the sea and the environment, from which it can migrate from one continent to another.

[Water The Planet @VoLinxx]

PFAS contamination in drinking water may be underestimated. #WaterThePlanet https://t.co/x8vJw8IvFa

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Actual PFAS levels in U.S. drinking water may be twice the reported figures, understating the long-term risk.
We need low-cost, effective mineralization methods that fully destroy these compounds instead of just moving them around—otherwise the burden keeps growing.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The amount of “forever chemicals” in drinking water in the U.S. could be twice as high as reported in federal monitoring data, a study found.

PFAS have been linked to increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular issues, among other issues. https://t.co/neFs6aIWek

[Aspidia @aspidia]

@Federchimica -13% di produzione chimica in Italia: persa la capacità produttiva, non torna più.

Senza chimica non esiste innovazione, ma solo dipendenza dall'estero.
Il Governo intervenga subito: difendere la produzione significa difendere la sovranità industriale.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

467 pregnant women, Odense Child Cohort: each doubling of PFOS, PFOA or PFNA in early pregnancy was associated with about 5-6% lower 24h urinary aldosterone later on.

Association, not cause; no link with plasma levels.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.envres.2026.125781
#PFAS

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Project Viva: PFAS at age 8 were associated with few DNA methylation changes, and only one was seen again in adolescence.
Epigenetic age effect: 0.02 years. Modest findings deserve visibility too.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.envres.2026.125759
#PFAS

[Aspidia @aspidia]

@Rainmaker1973 Agreed that nobody can clean the rain. But the global cycle keeps being fed by concentrated sources: industrial effluents, landfill leachate, foam sites. Every gram destroyed there, not relocated, is a gram that never reaches the oceans or the atmosphere.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

@toobaffled PFAS in rain don’t come from contrails: they cycle through the atmosphere via sea-spray aerosols and industrial emissions, as the Stockholm study itself explained.
What’s already out there can’t be recalled. The lever that matters is destroying PFAS at the source.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Network toxicology links PFOA to male reproductive disorders via 10 shared genes (AR, ESR1, NOS, BCL2...).
Source: doi 10.1186/s12610-026-00328-y

Computer predictions plus preliminary cell tests, typically at high doses: relevance to humans unknown.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

@NanotechnoWorld Congrats to the ASU team on a real destruction step. Next tests that matter: real matrices (not spiked water), full energy and total cost per m³ with palladium at today’s prices, and a detailed accounting of which by-products form, since 83% defluorination leaves 17% to explain.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Bacillus isolates from textile wastewater produce a laccase that decolorizes black, yellow and red dyes at pH 7 and 42 °C.

Bacterial enzymes can break down industrial pollutants: a basis for industrial remediation.
Source: doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0354516

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Full-scale composting plant: 33 PFAS at 4.1 μg/kg in feedstock, 4.0 in finished compost.
Composting does not remove PFAS, and oxidizable precursors hide more. Leachate and pit sediments carry them too.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2026.145108

[Aspidia @aspidia]

In 1,000+ healthy men, PFAS in seminal plasma (not blood) were associated with longer sperm telomeres; no link with mitochondrial DNA copy number.

Association, not cause: the biology is open.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.143663

[Aspidia @aspidia]

River biofilm exposed to 100 ng/L for two months concentrated PFOS about 15,000-fold and 6:2 FTS about 850-fold.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2026.120850

Accumulation is not removal: it moves PFAS into the base of the food web.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

117 Australian tap water samples, 75 PFAS targeted, 65 detected.
Levels low (median 1.4 ng/L), but the 6 PFAS regulated by U.S. EPA were a median 11% of the total.

A short monitoring list misses most of the mass.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.129260

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Fruit flies carry PFAS out of landfills: an estimated 1.49 kg/year across China, rising with warming, especially GenX and 6:2 FTS.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.129264

A landfill is an active PFAS source. Leachate is the bigger exit: destroy PFAS there.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

ECHA's committee recommends classifying TFA as reprotoxic and very persistent in water.

Before new rules: can we destroy it at scale? At what cost? With what benefit?

ECHA could start by funding TFA destruction research.
Destroying PFAS is our work at ASPIDIA. #PFAS #TFA

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Mice exposed to PFAS for 7 weeks: brain levels similar to other organs, and brain metabolic changes mirrored in plasma, mainly steroid hormones.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.129257
High doses, mouse model: relevance to humans unknown.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

In 32-week tests, Pseudomonas degraded the polyacrylamide in polymer-modified bentonite barriers.
Source: doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0357812

Bacteria can break down synthetic polymers: the capacity industrial bioremediation builds on to destroy contaminants.

[Aspidia @aspidia]

Three estuarine fish species exposed during development to a realistic concentration of PFHxS, with salinity as a second stressor.
Source: doi 10.1016/j.cbpc.2026.110703

Experimental models: relevance to humans unknown. Estuaries get PFAS continuously: stop them at the source.