Clean water’s dirty secret
Source: Christen Yonkers
The United States alone processes about 34 billion gallons of wastewater every day - globally, the wastewaster treatment market reached $250.38 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $ 462.49 billion by 2030. You might think that public health concerns would’ve necessitated a number of safe methods for treating and disposing of wastewater around the world - but you’d be wrong: Conventional, non-biodegradable treatment products utilize cationic (positively charged) metals such as aluminum and iron to remove anionic (negatively charged) contaminants in water. These traditional treatment solutions also contain petroleum-derived polymers such as polyacrylamides , which are known to be carcinogenic to the human body if not adequately filtered out.