...I keep notes in a separate file of "papers of interest" that may be of interest professionally, with the text in orange. For those that are outside my career but of interest because of my person scientific environmental views, possibly to be posted here, the text is green. Generally when I go through an issue, in this case Environmental Science and Technology I end up with more than ten green notes. I then go back and think which of the one or two I can find time about which to write, the criteria being that I am anxious to get a deeper understanding of the paper, and writing about it is sure to help with that. The other case is that I know of DUers who might benefit from the information, including those who might need correction. You are such a DUer inasmuch as you live in North Carolina, and thinking of you I chose to cover this paper here during a bought of insomnia.
In addition I have been very interested in PFAS mineralization using ionizing radiation from valuable fission products. I browbeat my son about these ideas. It turns out that this process, given the heterogenity of PFAS compounds, and partially defluorinated intermediates on the route to full mineralization require, in what we call nontargeted analysis, ion mobility separations to distinguish isobaric "regioisomers."
In this respect you are lucky to have in North Carolina, the outstanding scientist Dr. Erin Baker, who was motivated to become a chemist as an outgrowth of mercury and cyanide pollution near her family's ranch in Montana resulting from gold mining.
She's one of the people on the side of environmental good, a brilliant scientist, personally gracious, generous with her time and concerned with the fate of the world.
Thank you for your comment.
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