Technology Solutions: Keeping drugs out of drinking water

Drinking Water Treatment Technology— Comparative Analysis

Abstract Water treatment technologies have evolved over the past few centuries to protect public health from pathogens and chemicals. As more than a billion people on this earth have no access to potable water that is free of pathogens, technologies that are cost effective and suitable for developing countries must be considered. Sustainable operation of these treatment processes taking into co...

Damming the Flow of Drugs into Drinking Water

Background: Extra-Amazonian autochthonous Plasmodium vivax infections have been reported in mountainous regions surrounded by the Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Methods: Sixty-five patients and 1,777 residents were surveyed between April 2001 and March 2004. Laboratory methods included thin and thick smears, multiplex-PCR, immunofluorescent assay (IFA) against P. vivax and Pla...

Ozone in the Advancement of Drinking Water Treatment Technology

Keeping junk chiropractic out of court.

Keeping blood vessels out of sight

Researchers have identified a soluble receptor that prevents blood vessels forming in the outer retina-a process that can lead to blindness-by sequestering vascular endothelial growth factor.