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Audio Article: A new method for removing lead from drinking water

Sep 24, 20217 min
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Engineers at MIT have developed a new approach to removing lead or other heavy-metal contaminants from water, in a process that they say is far more energy-efficient than any other currently used system, though there are others under development that come close. Ultimately, it might be used to treat lead-contaminated water supplies at the home level, or to treat contaminated water from some chemical or industrial processes. Read the article: http://news.mit.edu/2021/removing-lead-water-electrodialysis-0922
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