Arsenic water safety breakthrough

[pagol-chagol]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6136970.stm The US team says that particles of iron oxide can bind themselves to large amounts of arsenic in water. When a strong magnet is placed above the particles, they clump together like iron filings and are simple to remove. If confirmed it could help nearly 60 million people in Bangladesh who drink water with dangerous arsenic levels. ...

[Kabir]

Thanks boss. Sounds like a great news. I just hope they don't choose bangladesh just for having a large scale check of their product...which gave rise to the current arsenic problem anyway (when the two idiot british scientists came to BD for testing some arsenic related stuff).

One question that I still have in mind is, after placing these particles and pulling them out of water using magnets, can the scientists make sure that the water is "drinkable"? I mean, are their nanoparticles free of all hazards to human health? Lets hope that's not another test they have on mind by using this process in BD.