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New sugar-based polymer could help remove heavy metals from water
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking sugar-derived polymer that effectively removes heavy metals from contaminated water.
Heavy metals, like lead and mercury, pose a persistent threat to water resources and can have devastating effects on both human health and marine dwellers. “The team constructed several polymers, each having a water-insoluble backbone with different water-soluble carbohydrates dangling from the repeating units like charms on a bracelet,” the press release explained. “After three cycles of binding, clumping, and redissolving, the polymer maintained the same metal-trapping efficiency, demonstrating its potential as a recyclable material,” they mentioned in the press release.
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