{"id":2006095,"date":"2023-08-20T04:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T08:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-putting-rust-in-water-could-be-key-to-removing-toxins\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T04:19:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T08:19:42","slug":"why-putting-rust-in-water-could-be-key-to-removing-toxins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-putting-rust-in-water-could-be-key-to-removing-toxins\/","title":{"rendered":"Rust in water: a solution for toxin removal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-putting-rust-in-water-could-be-key-to-removing-toxins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006095&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Researchers Develop &#8220;Smart Rust&#8221; to Filter Toxins from Water Sources<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers have \u2064made \u200da groundbreaking discovery\u2062 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cops-raid-sewage-treatment-plant-discover-what-worker-was-allegedly-bottling-as-a-drink-there\/\" title=\"Cops Raid Sewage Treatment Plant, Discover What Worker Was Allegedly Bottling as a Drink There\">water treatment<\/a> by \u200bintroducing\u2062 a \u200bnew method to filter toxins\u200c such as oil, estrogen, and microplastics. This innovative \u2063technique, known as &#8220;smart rust,&#8221; has the potential to revolutionize water purification processes.<\/p>\n<p>By introducing specially treated rust into water and utilizing a magnet to extract it, a wide range of pollutants including oil, nano-\u200d and microplastics, as well as the herbicide glyphosate, can be effectively removed from water sources.<\/p>\n<h3>Targeting Estrogen Pollution<\/h3>\n<p>Leading the way in \u200dthis groundbreaking research \u200bis Marcus Halik, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Halik and\u2063 his team have successfully developed a method \u200cto specifically target estrogen as a pollutant \u200din water.<\/p>\n<p>Estrogen pollution\u200b can originate from various sources, including \u200burine from women who take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-exactly-happens-in-chinese-concentration-camps\/\" title=\"What Exactly Happens In Chinese Concentration Camps?\">birth control pills<\/a>, livestock excrement, and sewage. The presence of estrogen in \u200bwater \u200dhas been linked to the &#8220;feminization of\u200b aquatic\u2063 species&#8221; and\u200c has also been associated with an\u2062 increased risk of \u2063breast cancer in women and infertility in men, according to the National Institutes for Health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our\u200c &#8216;smart rust&#8217; is not only cost-effective and environmentally friendly, but it is also recyclable,&#8221; Halik explained. &#8220;We have demonstrated its effectiveness in removing various \u2064contaminants, highlighting its potential to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-putting-rust-in-water-could-be-key-to-removing-toxins\/\" title=\"Rust in water: a solution for toxin removal.\">significantly enhance water treatment processes<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>How &#8220;Smart Rust&#8221; Works<\/h3>\n<p>The\u200b key to the success of this technique lies in modified microscopic particles, known as\u2062 nanoparticles, present on the surface\u2062 of the\u200b rust or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/researchers-develop-nanotechnology-technique-to-restore-damaged-nerve-cells\/\" title=\"Researchers Develop Nanotechnology Technique to Restore Damaged Nerve Cells\">iron oxide<\/a>. Each layer of particles \u200bcan be customized to attract and bind different substances, allowing for the targeted removal of specific pollutants from \u2062water \u200bsources using a magnet.<\/p>\n<p>These\u200c particles possess a superparamagnetic form,\u2063 meaning they \u200bare attracted \u2064to magnets but \u2064do not \u2062cluster together. This prevents any potential issues caused by particle clustering.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once\u2064 we add \u2062a layer of molecules\u200b to the iron oxide cores, they resemble hairs protruding from the surface of these particles,&#8221; Halik\u2063 explained. These\u200d &#8220;hairs&#8221;\u200b effectively trap the pollutant particles, enabling their removal from the water.<\/p>\n<p>This technique has previously \u200dproven successful in eliminating crude oil, plastics, and pesticides from water sources. Now, \u2064with modifications, it has been adapted to target estrogens.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u200crelatively low concentration of estrogens compared to other \u200cpollutants,\u2064 researchers are confident that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-the-four-worst-gym-machines\/\" title=\"These Are the Four Worst Gym Machines\">large surface area<\/a> of the nanoparticles will effectively attract estrogen in real-world water sources. Promising \u200cresults have\u200b already been obtained in\u200d laboratory trials.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this groundbreaking research, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\">click \u200dhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hormone estrogen. This innovative method involves introducing &#8220;smart rust&#8221; into water, followed by magnetic extraction. It effectively eliminates pollutants such as oil, microplastics, and nano-plastics, ensuring cleaner water sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}