cactus water purifier Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 01 May 2012 10:55:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Prickly Pear Cactus Mucilage Removes Bacteria and Dirt from Water, Acting as Purifier https://www.greenoptimistic.com/prickly-pear-cactus-water-purifier-20100429/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/prickly-pear-cactus-water-purifier-20100429/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:35:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7510 Norma Alcantar and her colleagues extracted the cactus's mucilage - the thick gum that the plant uses to store water, and mixed it with water to which they had added dirt (sediments and bacteria - Bacillus cereus).

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