Health & Environment
Indian water treatment plants struggle to detect and remove PFAS
The Hindu2h
THE BRIEF
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Conventional water treatment systems in India cannot remove polyfluoroalkyl substances, and the country currently lacks a specific drinking-water limit under standard IS 10500:2012.
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An IIT-Madras study found that PFAS concentrations in treated water at a Chennai plant were 5% to 103% higher than in raw water due to potential unidentified precursors.
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer classified perfluorooctanoic acid as carcinogenic to humans and perfluorooctanesulfonic as possibly carcinogenic in its 2025 monograph.