University of Chicago researchers develop new and highly sensitive test for PFAS, or "forever chemicals"

Synthetic PFAS are known as "forever chemicals," lingering in water, cookware, cosmetic products, clothing, and even our blood as they resist breaking down. They're infamous for being hard to detect.

But researchers from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have devised a new method to detect minuscule levels of the synthetic compounds in water. The method involves a portable, handheld device, UChicago said.