Ep 45 Season 7 Talking PFAS Batteries Dr Cheng Zhang also for QLD SL

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In this episode, Kayleen Bell interviews Dr Cheng Zhang about PFAS in batteries and remediation techniques.

Talking PFAS Episode 45 - Recorded 04/02/2025 at the ABIS QLD with Dr Cheng Zhang on PFAS in batteries and PFAS sorbents, and landfill remediation techniques.     Welcome back to the Talking PFAS podcast.  If you are joining me for the first time a very big welcome to you.   I am a journalist and your host Kayleen Bell. I am so very glad to be back to bring you a new season of Talking PFAS podcast.  There is so much PFAS news to catch up on and many new developments to bring you this season from both here in Australia and globally.  I will also have an important announcement at the end of today’s episode regarding sponsorship opportunities.  Today’s episode is one of the final interviews I recorded for the QLD State Library digital PFAS oral history collection.  This interview will be added to my publicly available and free collection of interviews held in the QLD State Library in Australia.  I will put a link to that collection in the show notes.    My guest today is Dr Cheng Zhang from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland in Australia. He has an…

People in this episode

Host: Kayleen Bell

Guest: Dr Cheng Zhang

Topics covered

• PFAS
• batteries
• sorbents
• landfill remediation
• oral history

Keywords

• PFAS news
• Australia
• University of Queensland
• fluoropolymers
• polymer chemistry

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Talking PFAS Batteries, Talking PFAS Episode, Talking PFAS

Places: Australia, Brisbane, US, New Zealand, Dutton Park, QLD, Paris

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