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Water Wheel Article
The sweet smell of success
Published: 1 February 2003
Authors: Catherine Knox
Abstract
Taking the stink out of tannery effluent is just the beginning of the fast and thorough clean-up job diligent algae perform on polluted effluent when the conditions are optimal. Environmental biotechnologist Peter Rose told Catherine Knox how a problem was turned into a money-spinner with the help of humankind’s smallest friends.
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