Ultrasound Cleans Polluted Water...and makes Catfish TASTIER


	Ultrasound Cleans Polluted Water...and makes Catfish TASTIER

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/770ab311-7d6e-4f10-abe6-0f588071afb1/C90696F9-0556-45C9-A713-AC15C8D1C91F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/29/ultrasound-cleans-polluted-water-makes-catfish-tastier/" href="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/29/ultrasound-cleans-polluted-water-makes-catfish-tastier/" style="font-size: 11px;">cleantechnica.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/29/ultrasound-cleans-polluted-water-makes-catfish-tastier/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: Ultrasound Cleans Polluted Water, Makes Catfish Tastier" rel="bookmark" href="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/29/ultrasound-cleans-polluted-water-makes-catfish-tastier/">Ultrasound Cleans Polluted Water, Makes Catfish Tastier</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/29/ultrasound-cleans-polluted-water-makes-catfish-tastier/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/cleantechnica.com/img/E49D7CB4-7763-4C2D-8747-FD06837AFEA1" alt="Sound waves can fight algae blooms and remove pollutants from water." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/29/ultrasound-cleans-polluted-water-makes-catfish-tastier/"><P>Catfish aren’t the only happy campers when it comes to the ultrasound treatment.  Ultrasound can also remove <A target="_blank" href="http://www.physorg.com/news12191.html" title="use of ultrasound to remove mercury from sediment">mercury</A> from sediment, and it could help get rid of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.ewg.org/node/26128" title="Environmental Working Group report on pharmaceuticals in water supplies">pharmaceutical pollution in water supplies</A>.  Choosing Ibuprofen as a test case, an <A target="_blank" href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/ultrasound-to-help-eliminate-ibuprofen-from-polluted-water_100158533.html" title="ultrasound can remove pharmaceutical pollution from water">international team of ultrasonics researchers</A> based in Switzerland demonstrated that a two-hour ultrasound treatment eliminated 98% of the drug.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/29/ultrasound-cleans-polluted-water-makes-catfish-tastier/"><P>Researchers at Ohio State University have found that ultrasound could remove one roadblock to the use of ceramic filters, which are being developed as an alternative to chemical water supply treatment.  Composed of tiny channels separated by membrane, ceramic filters are fine enough to catch bacteria and viruses, but they eventually become clogged and need to be cleaned.  <A target="_blank" href="http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/sonofilt.htm" title="Ohio State University research on use of ultrasound with ceramic water filters">Ultrasound could keep ceramic water filters clean</A> while they are in operation, eliminating the expense and complications of off-line cleaning.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C90696F9-0556-45C9-A713-AC15C8D1C91F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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