The Cheap Way To Filter Arsenic-Poisoned Water

Colorless, tasteless, and odorless. Such are the features of a naturally occurring element in the mineral deposits of Earth. This element is arsenic.

When water goes through underground aquifers, it usually dissolves inorganic substances from these mineral deposits, and one of these is arsenic. While it might sound safe to drink arsenic-contaminated water (after all, arsenic is colorless, tasteless, and odorless), it actually is very dangerous. Prolonged exposure to this kind of water can cause many diseases as well as many types of cancer, which could result in death.

Unfortunately, many regions don’t have the necessary equipment to treat their water through conventional means, and so they don’t have a choice but to use arsenic-contaminated water, which expose them to the risks mentioned above.

The crisis of widespread arsenic contamination, particularly in rural South Asia, has been described as the largest mass poisoning in human history.

Researchers, fortunately, have finally found a way to filter arsenic-contaminated water in a cheap way: by using rust.

More details about this over at PHYS.org.

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I'm a pretty big fan of eel, and while it does have a pretty earthy flavour, I've never thought "mud". My aunt in Sweden makes a great creamy eel soup, and I'm quite fond of the ubiquitous BBQ eel sushi here in Canada, even if it is the only way to get my hands on eel.
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Ripert is an idiot.

Eel tastes of, surprisingly enough,EEL!

Danish St Stephens day a smoked eel is a great centre piece to the table.

I used to live around the corner from French's Eel and pie house in Hackney london , and hile I never cared for the cockney fare of Jellied Eels Pie n Liquor , one thing I can say is that they, nor the Danish eel, tasted of MUD.
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I agree with Polx, lot of misinformation by Ripert.

In Japan, its not glazed with miso, in fact, I dont think i've had eel glazed with miso in my life.

and, I don't think unagi sauce is not made out of miso:
http://www.sushiencyclopedia.com/sushi_sauce_recipes/unagi_sauce_recipe.html
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Eric Ribert... one of the most celebrated and revered seafood chefs in the world is an idiot? I'm pretty sure he knows way more about eel and food than you do.
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Re: Alan "Eric Ribert… one of the most celebrated and revered seafood chefs in the world is an idiot? I’m pretty sure he knows way more about eel and food than you do."

Marisa Tomei is also an Oscar-winning actress. Being celebrated by colleagues and being a dullard are not mutually exclusive.
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