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A landfill is where the discarded residue of everyone’s lives is buried out of sight. But out of sight is far from out of mind for the people entrusted to handle what happens next. One of the most vexing issues created in landfills today is the presence of “forever chemicals,” officially known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, which do not break down in water, soil or air.

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