Using Nanotechnology to Remove Arsenic from Contaminated Water

Summary posted by Meridian on 2/2/2009
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A new product that promises to improve the ability to remove arsenic from drinking water and is seven times more effective than current technologies, may soon be on the market. The United States Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory and Water Technology Group, signed a licensing agreement that allows the commercialization of Nano-Composite Arsenic Sorbent (N-CAS), a technology comprised of high concentrations of arsenic adsorbing nanoparticle metal oxides in a strong composite polymer matrix. N-CAS was designed to be a way for homeowners and municipalities to economically meet the 2006 Environmental Protection Agency's guidelines that reduced the maximum allowable concentration of arsenic in drinking water. According to Troy Tratner, project manager at the Idaho National Laboratory, "[T]his technology will aid millions of Americans and more than 70 million people around the globe who are exposed to dangerous arsenic concentrations in their drinking water." The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	Using Nanotechnology to Remove Arsenic from Contaminated Water Summary posted by Meridian on 2/2/2009 Source: AZoNano.com Author: n/a A new product that promises to improve the ability to remove arsenic from drinking water and is seven times more effective than current technologies, may soon be on the market. The United States Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory and Water Technology Group, signed a licensing agreement that allows the commercialization of Nano-Composite Arsenic Sorbent (N-CAS), a technology comprised of high concentrations of arsenic adsorbing nanoparticle metal oxides in a strong composite polymer matrix. N-CAS was designed to be a way for homeowners and municipalities to economically meet the 2006 Environmental Protection Agency's guidelines that reduced the maximum allowable concentration of arsenic in drinking water. According to Troy Tratner, project manager at the Idaho National Laboratory, "[T]his technology will aid millions of Americans and more than 70 million people around the globe who are exposed to dangerous arsenic concentrations in their drinking water." The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=9673 As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Human Enhancement, Economic Competitiveness, Socio-Economic Effects Nanomaterials: Metal Nanoparticle Regions: North America, South America, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, East and South Asia and the Pacific, Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Stakeholders: Government, Industry, NGO, Academia, International Institutions, Donors Water And Sanitation: Purification, Quality, Sanitation Related Forums: Water and Sanitation Socio-Economic Economic Competitiveness print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More] Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More] Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More] Nanotech on Farmers' Fields -- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.