Seeing the Zeolite. From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: Dooley, Erin E. | COPYRIGHT 2001 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

University of Maine chemists have developed a promising method for reducing pesticides in water. Their process combines natural light and the mineral zeolite to accelerate the breakdown of three pesticides--malathion, carbofuran, and carbaryl--35, 120, and 164 times faster, respectively, than a process using only natural light. Zeolite is used in...

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