RE: Will we be using moss to remove lead from the drinking water in the future?
Drinking water is not safe for drinking if it contains lead & arsenic. According to WHO Lead is present in tap water to some extent as a result of its dissolution from natural sources, but major source is household plumbing systems which includes the pipes, solder,fittings or service connections. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes also contain lead compounds that can be leached from them and result in high lead concentrations in drinking-water. So it's the problem of all humanity. Domestic RO Plant are used for removing ions from water when i was in water treatment business. Glad to know that moss is doing a great job for reducing heavy mineral from water, Great discovery indeed. It's better to use green solution instead of spending heavy money. Thanks for sharing:)
Yeah, you're absolutely right! Both lead and arsenic are chemicals that you definitely don't want in your drinking water, but too often they end up there anyway..
I agree!
But its far too early to have an ecomical and optimal green solution technology for lead removal. Concentrated research and through understanding of the phenomena is required to make it sustainable.
yes still it's an early days, but it doesn't cost you nothing so why not try for this. Mosses grow randomly in shady and wet condition. we should try this easy remedy and it will cast us nothing
Of course. Going from the discovery of finding out that this moss can remove lead to the point where it can be used by the industrial sites who contaminate with lead can take many years at best, and might not even be viable at all. I have no idea how difficult it would be to figure out the mechanism behind the lead removal and get it to an operational device, but it could probably be very complex.