Medical residues purified from wastewater with new techniques
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
Contaminants such as medical residues and pesticides go through the traditional wastewater purifying process and go back to the environment. Concern over their volyme in waste and drinking water is growing globally. Research by Lappeenranta University of technology (LUT) found that by modernising the current wastewater purification process over 95 percent of contaminants can be removed from wastewater.