New Approach to Deal with Pollutants Leakage      

From the chemical plant blast in Jilin province that spilled toxics in the Songhua River to the oil spill in Zhoushan waters by an Iranian-registered freighter that ran aground on a rocky island and the coal tar spill accident at the Jiuyuan Waterproof Material Co., Ltd. in Wufeng town, Tongliang country, Chongqing - such accidents are happening repeatedly. How to act quickly to avoid loss?  A Suzhou University professor may have an answer.
   Lu Jianmei and his team developed the so-called "Oil-adsorbing Treasure", a new type material that could solve the problem timely, quickly and effectively. The project is part of the "national 863 high-tech R & D program" and has received fiscal support from the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
   The new product looks like a piece of white flannel and is able to immediately adsorb all the toxic organic pollutants, as well as oil, diesel oil and other oil-based pollutants in the waters that it covers.
   One major feature is Oil-adsorbing Treasure could work immediately, making it a good choice for emergency treatment such as cleaning pollutants on the sea or river surfaces. Place the product on the sea surface to surround the polluted area and prevent spreading, and the diesel could be arrested in seconds.
   Another major skill for the product is that it can make selective adsorption. It is able to pick up pollutants out of other substances mixed together. This feature makes the product an ideal choice for industrial waste water treatment, in facilities such as chemical plants and dyeing and printing factories. The water filtered by the Oil-absorbing Treasure will meet the national discharge standards.
   In addition, the oil adsorbed by the material could be recycled and the product represents an adsorption rate that is 15 times higher than that of the conventional asphalt felt. The product also features good extrusion resistance and is capable of adsorbing toxic gases and heavy metals.
   To date, some local marine authorities and environmental protection agencies in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces are considering wide applications of this new material in a larger scale.