Cactus goo can clean up drinking water

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 13:56 in Health & Medicine

The slimy ooze inside prickly pear cactuses can be used for scouring arsenic, bacteria and cloudiness out of rural drinking water, according to new research.

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