Nanotechs Wipe Up Pollution

An article from the July, 2007 issue of Business 2.0 states that using nanoparticles can clean up many of the harmful contaminants (pollution) in water. The nanoparticles will bond with the contaminants and not let go. It is able to suck up 60 percent of it's own weight in mercury, arsenic, lead, and other metals. One form of the nanoparticles can bond with arsenic, a strong poison, and then can be lifted out of the water with an ordinary magnet.