Due to the potential risks, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants listed PFAS as chemicals hazardous to human health.
To date, several treatment technologies have been used to reduce or destroy PFAS in the environment, with more attention to the treatment of aqueous environments. In fact, several reviews of the literature on removing PFAS from water and wastewater have been conducted, while only one has been done for soil treatment.
The only literature review on PFAS treatment in contaminated soil environments was done by Ross et al. (2018) . Soil stabilization, thermal technologies, high-energy electron beams, a steam energy generator, and ball grinding were discussed.
However, there are other potential methods for PFAS repair that have been overlooked. For example, soil washing, which has been used in the remediation of soils contaminated by PFAS.
PFAS substances are in liquid or solid form depending on the length of the chain.
They are heavier than water and miscible with most organic solvents (ethanol, acetonitrile, methanol, etc.).
Due to the strong electronegativity and small atomic size of fluorine, these are highly persistent and stable substances in the environment. The greater the number of carbon atoms, the greater the physical properties of the PFAS, such as molar mass, molar volume, total surface area and melting point.
