I read this morning in the Washington Post that the US EPA is just weeks away from putting out new rules on how to test for Pb in drinking water. Presumably that will make more water utilities install

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Here is a link to the original article. It is open access. Batch and Continuous Fixed-Bed Lead Removal Using Himalayan Pine Needle Biochar: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies Batch and Continuous Fixed-Bed

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Hi Muriel, That looks like an interesting article, but it’s behind a paywall. If you have a subscription to The Economist, could you copy and paste the article here? Thanks. Kim

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in india https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/07/18/stopping-pollution-with-pine-needles Muriel Strand, P.E. Advertising is a private tax. - Andre Schiffrin www.bio-paradigm.blogspot.

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This is in the Daily Optimist. Shared by lots of regular Americans. Stan https://www.optimistdaily.com/2020/07/indian-scientists-are-using-pine-needles-to-solve-water-pollution/?utm_source=Production&

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Thank you, Roland, for your feedback. Could you please define "silly" and "esoteric." Could you also please explain to those of us innocent of chemistry why what works in Chinese rice paddies, mine ta

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Roland, Most hypotheses start as silly ideas. Then they become research questions. Who knows, it might become a new method. If you have a denigration of the hypothesis, why not show it is silly with g

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What a silly idea! Esoteric stuff from people without any experience in chemistry. ---In biochar@..., <wind@...> wrote : Sounds a great idea Michael, - not only removing the lead, but fant

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I am not sure about recycling, but this is a solution that I have thought about a lot for American towns and cities. My impression from all that I have read is that the legacy of heavy industry and le

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Sounds a great idea Michael, - not only removing the lead, but fantastic advertising for that additional use of Biochar. It may be also possible to then recycle the lead, - many (30) years ago I used

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Here is the question: in that there are no other solutions available and given all that we know about biochar's ability to adsorb lead, and given insufficient demand for biochar in Europe, is there an

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