The Development of an Environmental ‘Swiss Army Knife’ to Tackle Water Pollution – AZoCleantech

Co-authors Vinayak Dravid and Stephanie Ribet examine their phosphate elimination and recovery substrate. Credit: Northwestern University
New research suggests that a membrane-embedded with specific nanostructures could provide a ‘plug & play’ solution to removing pollutants from aquatic ecosystems. 
While concentrations of phosphates in rivers, lakes and other bodies of water continue to soar, reaching dangerous levels, the global farming industry is having the opposite problem. Reserves of phosphate…

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