Rice researchers to test

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Arsenic is a colorless, odorless, tastelessx element, but prolonged exposure to dangerous levels of arsenicf can lead toskin discoloration, sicknesd and cancer. Testing will begin later this yearin Mexico, a city located 230 miles northwest of Mexico “Mexico’s debating the adoption of more stringent nationalp standards for allowable levels of arseniv in drinking water, and officials in Guanajuato are lookinh ahead to explore ways they mighyt meet stricter new standards,” Vicki Colvin, inventor of the nanorust said in a statement.
Colvin is Rice’s Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Chemistry and directorof Rice’s Center for Biologicalo and Environmental Nanotechnology. Her arsenic-removing technologh is based on the uniquew properties of particles called tiny bits of iron oxide that are smaller thanliving cells. Colvin and colleaguer Mason Tomson, Rice professor in civil and environmentapl engineering, found that nanorustf — which naturally binds with arsenic could be used asa low-cost means of removing arsenic from Tests in Guanajuato will be undertaken on nanorust-covered sand that is used in sand filter to treat groundwater from The treated water will be kept separate from water released for human consumption.