Dana Vazquez from Coflux Purification

One drop of PFAS can contaminate an Olympic sized swimming pool, and 90 percent of us are carrying it in our blood. Dana Vazquez, cofounder and Chief Commercial Officer at Coflux Purification, explains why the current industrial fix is basically a giant Brita filter headed for a landfill, and how her team built a material that captures forever chemicals and destroys them in one step. Plus the liability bill coming for companies that wait, and what it takes to get a first skid into the field.Click here to watch a video of this episode.Join the conversation shaping the future of energy.Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward.Apply today at collide.ioClick here to view the episode transcript. 00:00 Intro01:14 Meet Dana Vazquez02:04 What PFAS is and why it never leaves06:23 From consulting to co-founding09:12 How the technology works13:44 Scaling up and staying modular16:47 The regulation picture18:40 Liability is the real driver23:30 Home filters and what actually works26:45 Funding the build30:46 Why this one is personal32:25 The first field deployment37:03 Scientists and business people42:43 What the fall looks like45:36 The trouble with testing47:15 Where to find Cofluxhttps://twitter.com/collide_aihttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/collide-ai.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collideai