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Crop waste can be very useful

AGRICULTURAL waste can be used to rapidly filter lead from wastewater, new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found.

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 Crop waste such as canola stalks could be used to filter wastewater. Picture Mark Saunders

Crop waste such as canola stalks could be used to filter wastewater. Picture Mark Saunders

An ECU study in Western Australia found that canola stalks and lupin straw, which currently have no commercial use and are generally burnt after harvest, can strip up to 98.5 per cent of lead from wastewater....

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