Papyrus plant detox for slaughterhouses

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 09:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Now researchers in Uganda have demonstrated that growing papyrus can be used to soak up toxins and other noxious residues from abattoir effluent.

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