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Lead researcher Marlena Ndoun, a doctoral student in Penn State’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, samples water in central Pennsylvania's Spring Creek for emerging contaminants. (Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania State University)
Biochar — a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products — holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from treated wastewater.
That's the conclusion of a team of researchers that conducted a novel study that evaluated and...