Have researchers found a new way to clean contaminated water through an electrochemical process?

( Natural News ) The Swedes will soon have a way to purify their water supplies of mercury contaminants. Their new electrochemical water treatment method can remove almost all traces of the heavy metal. Heavy metals are some of the most common, deadly, and persistent pollutants found in water. Mercury, in particular, is considered to be extremely dangerous by the World Health Organization (WHO), because it spreads with ease and gets into the food chain just as easily. The silvery heavy metal often targets the nervous system and the developing brain. This makes it especially bad for children, who could get exposed to toxic levels as early as the fetal stage if their mothers happen to have high amounts of mercury in their bloodstream. Fortunately, the electrochemical method developed by the Chalmers University of Technology was able to eliminate almost all of the mercury in water. It did so by using a metal that attracted and bonded with the heavy metal ions, binding the mercury inside the resulting alloy. “Our new method makes it possible to reduce the mercury content in a liquid by more than 99 percent,” claimed lead researcher Bjorn Wickman. “This can bring the water well within the margins for safe human consumption.” (Related: More than 10 million Texans are drinking water contaminated with atrazine, a toxic herbicide with gender bender effects .) Using a noble metal to bind plenty of toxic heavy metals The new water treatment method employed a metal plate as an electrode for binding heavy metals. The plate was made out of platinum, a noble metal that is very good at attracting and binding mercury. The power of the elements : Discover Colloidal Silver Mouthwash with quality, natural ingredients like Sangre de Drago sap, black walnut hulls, menthol crystals and more. Zero […]

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