SLAG Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Just reported. Spent coffee grounds infused foam removes lead and mercury contaminated water. Millions of tons of spent coffee grounds are disposed of each, around the world. Some are used as soil fertilizer and conditioner. But the a major portion are discarded or end up in land fills. Scientists just reported a new method to make practical membranes in order to make high through-put membranes for water decontamination.These foams can extract toxic metal ions from contaminated water., as the water flows through the filters. Check out https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2016/acs-presspac-september-21-2016/coffee-infused-foam-removes-lead-from-contaminated-water.html for more details. Exciting stuff! SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Thank you for the reference. Many times problems can be solved with simple solutions. (pun intended) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Okay, we just learned sugar clears 94% of Hexavalent Chrome, cadmium and copper from water. Now we learn coffee is good for filtering out lead and mercury. Please let us know what cream filters out. I'll start taking cream and sugar in my coffee! Man life is weird enough to keep a person going a long time. You read some of the coolest stuff, I haven't quite gotten through the last couple you PM'd me. Been busy, I didn't lose interest. I really wish we lived close enough to share a table at the coffee shop there's no telling what we'd cook up. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Frosty, I take my coffee black. And the forge hot. Wish you were closer bye, too. regards, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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