Pickle-Spoiling Bacteria Could Clean Up Dyes in Textile Wastewater
Posted By Jasmin Malik Chua On September 22, 2010 @ 3:08 pm In Water Issues | No Comments
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The same bacteria that causes your hamburger dill pickles to spoil could also clean up dyes in textile-factory wastewater [5], according to food scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service [6]. The implications of their research are nothing to scoff at: The textile industry releases billions of gallons of polluted effluent into local fresh water sources each year, much of which comprises petrochemical-based AZO dyes known to have mutagenic properties.
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[6] U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/sep10/pickle0910.htm
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