Dr Katja Amstätter
Senior Consultant
Dr Katja Amstätter, Senior Consultant Environment/Energy, manages BImSchG permitting for data centers and brings expertise in environmental chemistry and remediation.
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Dr Katja Amstätter
Senior Consultant
Due to their water-repellent, stain-repellent and grease-repellent characteristics, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) versatilely used in the industry as well as in consumer products, but also in fire extinguishing foams. Therefore, PFAS are widespread worldwide and have found their way into the environement and waters around the globe.
Eternal Environmental Pollutants
Nowadays, those extremely robust fluorine containing substances are found in grounds and sediments, in surface water and in groundwater, but also in flora and fauna and even in blood. These vast contaminations in grounds and waters are often caused by commercial or industrial processes, aqueous film forming fire extinguishing foams or hazardous waste. PFAS also end up in the water circulation via leakage water from landfills, through sewage sludge from water treatment or by means of industrial wastewater. This way they get into the human organism, possibly with health threatening impact if highly concentrated.
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Dr Katja Amstätter
Senior Consultant