Superfund Research Program
Advanced Toxic Metal Contaminant Remediation System
Project Leader: Patrick I. James (Blue Planet Strategies, LLC)
Grant Number: R44ES013622
Funding Period: Phase II: June 2008 - May 2011
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Research Briefs
- 186 - DEMET - Converting Waste into a Resource -- James
Release Date: 06/03/2010In a prime example of turning lemons into lemonade, scientists have developed a method for reducing the ecological and health threats from abandoned mines by extracting and selling-at a profit-the residual metals that would otherwise seep from the mine sites into rivers and streams.