Tuesday, April 17, 2018

This moss can naturally eliminate arsenic from water

Through the magic of moss, anything is possible. Scientists at the University of Stockholm have learned that Warnstofia fluitans, or floating hook moss, is capable of extracting arsenic from water. "Our experiments show that the moss has a very high capacity to remove arsenic," said research assistant and study co-author Arifin Sandhi. "It takes no more than an hour to remove 80 per cent of the arsenic from a container of water. By then, the water has reached such a low level of arsenic that it...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/this-moss-can-naturally-eliminate-arsenic-from-water
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