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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324448 [Title] => Tree bark can clean polluted water study [Summary] => Dont look now, but tree barks, which are considered wastes, can be used to clean water polluted with toxic metals, especially lead.
Chemist Jennifer P. Tamayo of the Los Baños-based DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) found this after studying the potentials of the barks of eight tree species to trap ions (atomic particles) of lead and chromium present in the wastewater of a steel galvanizing plant. (Lead causes kidney and liver cancer while chromium causes biological mutations.)
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324220 [Title] => Tree barks can purify water with toxic wastes [Summary] => The country can save some $8 million a year by using tree barks in purifying water polluted by toxic wastes, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said yesterday.
According to chemist Jennifer Tamayo, of the DOSTs Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) in Los Baños, Laguna, she found out that tree barks could trap ions of lead and chromium present in the wastewater of steel galvanizing plants.
Lead and chromium pose health hazards because they cause biological mutation and kidney and liver cancer, respectively.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324448 [Title] => Tree bark can clean polluted water study [Summary] => Dont look now, but tree barks, which are considered wastes, can be used to clean water polluted with toxic metals, especially lead.
Chemist Jennifer P. Tamayo of the Los Baños-based DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) found this after studying the potentials of the barks of eight tree species to trap ions (atomic particles) of lead and chromium present in the wastewater of a steel galvanizing plant. (Lead causes kidney and liver cancer while chromium causes biological mutations.)
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324220 [Title] => Tree barks can purify water with toxic wastes [Summary] => The country can save some $8 million a year by using tree barks in purifying water polluted by toxic wastes, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said yesterday.
According to chemist Jennifer Tamayo, of the DOSTs Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) in Los Baños, Laguna, she found out that tree barks could trap ions of lead and chromium present in the wastewater of steel galvanizing plants.
Lead and chromium pose health hazards because they cause biological mutation and kidney and liver cancer, respectively.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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March 5, 2006 - 12:00am
By Sheila Crisostomo | March 4, 2006 - 12:00am
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