--- description: Find out why Gradiant ForeverGone is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Gradiant ForeverGone: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8ce90766a1a5da6/698a8a2cdb2987a16d270c8f/forever-gone-pfas-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Zapping PFAS Away by [Chris Stokel-Walker](/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Getty Images Forever chemicals—specifically per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which are linked to cancer risk—have become ubiquitous. Decades of products have been laden with PFAS, which have leached into our water supplies and pretty much everything else we touch. But governments are cracking down; in April, the U.S. EPA announced the first legally enforceable limits on PFAS in drinking water. Now, companies and municipalities need help cleaning up. To tackle the issue, Gradiant has introduced a system called ForeverGone, which works by injecting billions of microbubbles into water supplies to break PFAS away from water molecules. The resulting concentrated PFAS foam is cleaned by electrodes that zap the PFAS away. “We are not sweeping \[PFAS\] under the carpet,” says Prakash Govindan, co-founder and COO of Gradiant. “It’s complete destruction.” Gradiant’s clients include utilities and Fortune 100 companies like Coca-Cola and BMW. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Gradiant ForeverGone: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094802/gradiant-forevergone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094802/gradiant-forevergone/"},"headline":"Gradiant ForeverGone: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:57:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:31.743Z","description":"Find out why Gradiant ForeverGone is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094802/gradiant-forevergone/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8ce90766a1a5da6/698a8a2cdb2987a16d270c8f/forever-gone-pfas-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8ce90766a1a5da6/698a8a2cdb2987a16d270c8f/forever-gone-pfas-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094802/gradiant-forevergone/","name":"Gradiant ForeverGone: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```