Wednesday, January 25, 2012

"Miracle tree" extracts could supply developing nations with clean drinking water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120118112005.htm

Moringa oleifera aka-"The Miracle Tree"

According to Stephanie B. Velegol and colleagues the tree named the "Miracle Tree", located in equatorial regions of the world, has the ability to remove harmful bacteria from the drinking waters found in developing worlds. This is done by taking an extract of the moringa protein from the plant, which is positively charged, and mixing it with the negatively charged sand. This discovery opens up the possibility that bringing clean water to third world countries is not only possible, but can be cheap too.

This discovery was funded by the National Science Foundation, and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

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