PFOS is recognized by the international community as a persistent organic pollutant. In 2022, it was included in the list of new pollutants under key control in China. At present, PFOS is still widely used in industrial manufacturing, industrial supplies and consumer products, including the electroplating industry. As a major electroplating power, what challenges will China face in reducing PFOS? | China News 中国新闻网

There is a kind of substance that you may have never heard of, but you may come into contact with it every day. It is perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). After entering the bodies through respiratory inhalation, drinking water or food intake, PFOS and its derivatives are difficult to excrete and eventually enriched in the blood, liver, kidneys, and brain of the human bodies and organisms, therefore, they are considered to be a kind of environmental pollutant with systemic multi-organ toxicity. At