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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_e6b467-f7 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_e6b467-f7[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8_e6b467-f7\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading8_e6b467-f7 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8_e6b467-f7\">Transformative solutions for PFAS pollution<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d\"]{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Teko;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading8_6a9f45-1d\"><strong>University of 海角社区 PFAS+ Initiative<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of 海角社区 PFAS+ is a multi-disciplinary initiative that focuses on the emerging PFAS pollution crisis and its cascading environmental and societal impacts. The plus sign indicates the breadth of the impacts that PFAS has on society, other emerging environmental pollutants, as well as the transformative and novel approach that U海角社区 realizes.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id8_c60a39-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id8_c60a39-db > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id8_c60a39-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id8_c60a39-db > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id8_c60a39-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id8_c60a39-db > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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