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Peanut shells can effectively purify wastewater by removing up to 95% of toxic copper ions. As a byproduct of food production, peanut shells are a waste material that can help reduce environmental trash. Experiments show that peanut shells effectively cleanse wastewater and significantly reduce harmful copper levels in both humans and marine life. Using this agricultural byproduct helps treat wastewater and mitigate its negative effects on wildlife, agriculture, and the environment.

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Investigatory Project Sample

Peanut shells can effectively purify wastewater by removing up to 95% of toxic copper ions. As a byproduct of food production, peanut shells are a waste material that can help reduce environmental trash. Experiments show that peanut shells effectively cleanse wastewater and significantly reduce harmful copper levels in both humans and marine life. Using this agricultural byproduct helps treat wastewater and mitigate its negative effects on wildlife, agriculture, and the environment.

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TOPIC

Using peanut shells in purifying water


-benefits
-how does it help

ORIGINAL
The benefits of using peanut shells in purifying water are the following. First,
since peanut shells is considered as the first waste product that is highly
efficient in cleansing wastewater. This proves that there has been lots of
experiments if peanut shells can truly purify wastewater. Second, peanut shells
cleans 95% of copper ions, which is found in waste water and is bad for both human
and marine life. In humans, copper can damage the liver but when using peanut
shells it can help significantly reduce levels of toxic copper levels. Third,
peanut shells is one of the biggest food industry waste product. This means using
peanut shells can also help the environment beacuse it can help reduce the amount
of trash humans produce everyday.

FINAL
In Mexico, they have a high production of peanuts which result in a high amount of
peanut shells which are generally considered to be a worthless byproduct. Peanut
shells are made of cellulose and lignin. Cellulose is a plant fiber that is mainly
used to build the primary cell walls of green plants while lignin works in
conjunction with cellulose to provide strength and support to to the plants cell
wall and to conduct water. Peanut shells, which is also a valuable resource, are
used in maufacturing soap, cosmetics, wallboad, plastics and lioleum.

The benefits of using peanut shells in purifying water are the following. First,
since peanut shells is considered as the first waste product that is highly
efficient in cleansing wastewater. This proves that there has been lots of
experiments if peanut shells can truly purify wastewater. Second, peanut shells
cleans 95% of copper ions, which is found in waste water and is bad for both human
and marine life. In humans, copper can damage the liver but when using peanut
shells it can help significantly reduce levels of toxic copper levels. It is
produced by the mining, pulp and other industries.

This is beneficial because when using peanut shells it helps remove significant
implications that can affect both the agricultural industry and the environment.
Peanut shells is one of the biggest food industry waste product. This means using
peanut shells can also help the environment because it can help reduce the amount
of trash humans produce everyday. A research conducted by the department of
Environmental Engineering at the Mersin University in Turkey said that the peanut
husk (shell) performs best in a slightly acidic meduim. The temperature of the
meduim does not affect efficiency. The discovery offers a useful alternative to
simple disposal of this ubquitous food industry waste product.

The effects of wastewater to the agriculture industry and the environment are
largely negative since wastewater contain harmful bacterias and chemicals. If
wastewater is only partially treated before it is disposed of, it can greatly harm
the wildlife. Leaking or flooding can cause unpolluted water to be contaminated
with bacterias and chemicals which can be harmful to the human and marine life.

Copper is an essential trace element, which is also found in many living organisms
and is potentially harmful at high levels. When it is discharged at high
concentration into natural water resources could potentially threathen marine
ecosystems. Various industries producing wastewater that conta copper(II) ions
include carry out metals cleaning an dplating, paper pulp, paper board mills, and
wood pulp production sites.

Various industries produce waste water containing dissolved copper(II) ions,


including those that carry out metal cleaning and plating, paper pulp, paper board
mills, and wood pulp production sites and the fertilizer industry. In accordance,
various processes include copper salt precipitation, ion exchange, electrolysis,
and adsorption on expensive activated carbon filters are used to remove copper ions
from waste water.

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