Inexpensive Arsenic Filtration System Uses Cattails, Aquatic Weeds - Blue Living Ideas

Inexpensive Arsenic Filtration System Uses Cattails, Aquatic Weeds

Posted on Jul 15, 2009 by Derek Markham.

An environmental and civil engineer has developed an inexpensive arsenic filtration system that uses aquatic plants, namely cattails, to remove poisonous arsenic from drinking water, which could improve the health of millions in countries around the world whose local water supplies are naturally contaminated with the toxic substance. An estimated 57 million people are drinking groundwater with arsenic concentrations measured above the World Health Organization’s standard of 10 parts per billion.
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