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<h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-right:100px;font-size:130%"> <b>For over a century , dioxins – and specifically chlorinated dioxins </b> – have been notorious as some of the most toxic and persistent environmental pollutants. This means that these man-made chemicals don’t easily break-down, remaining stable in our ecosystems for many decades. Among a large family of dioxin compounds, a chemical known as TCDD is by far the most toxic. <br /> </h5> | <h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-right:100px;font-size:130%"> <b>For over a century , dioxins – and specifically chlorinated dioxins </b> – have been notorious as some of the most toxic and persistent environmental pollutants. This means that these man-made chemicals don’t easily break-down, remaining stable in our ecosystems for many decades. Among a large family of dioxin compounds, a chemical known as TCDD is by far the most toxic. <br /> </h5> | ||
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<h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-left:30px;font-size:130%">The method currently being used to decontaminating soils in Vietnam involves the transport of only the most heavily contaminated soils to a castle-sized, makeshift “oven” that burns the soil at temperatures of about 350°C. Although this method successfully rids soils of their dioxin contaminants, they can only gather so much soil for purification. It doesn’t even begin to address the thousands of kilometers of forests, rivers and lakes that stretch beyond the reach of this clean-up project… And yet, it is the only method of TCDD purification being used today. | <h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-left:30px;font-size:130%">The method currently being used to decontaminating soils in Vietnam involves the transport of only the most heavily contaminated soils to a castle-sized, makeshift “oven” that burns the soil at temperatures of about 350°C. Although this method successfully rids soils of their dioxin contaminants, they can only gather so much soil for purification. It doesn’t even begin to address the thousands of kilometers of forests, rivers and lakes that stretch beyond the reach of this clean-up project… And yet, it is the only method of TCDD purification being used today. | ||
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<h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-right:100px;font-size:130%"> <b>The biological solution we have designed is a novel enzymatic pathway capable of converting TCDD into harmless metabolites. </b> We have identified a group of enzymes derived from different microorganisms that, when combined, create this pathway. | <h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-right:100px;font-size:130%"> <b>The biological solution we have designed is a novel enzymatic pathway capable of converting TCDD into harmless metabolites. </b> We have identified a group of enzymes derived from different microorganisms that, when combined, create this pathway. | ||
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<h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-left:30px;font-size:130%">Lastly, by treating soils and water sources through plants, which sit at the lowest rung of the food chain, | <h5 class="w3-justify" style="padding-left:30px;font-size:130%">Lastly, by treating soils and water sources through plants, which sit at the lowest rung of the food chain, |
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