Repurposed beer yeast encapsulated in hydrogels may offer a cost-effective way to remove lead from water

PHYSorg
May 15, 2024, 9:00 am178 pts
Every year, beer breweries generate and discard thousands of tons of surplus yeast. Researchers from MIT and Georgia Tech have now come up with a way to repurpose that yeast to absorb lead from contaminated water.

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