UCM | LIFE SURFING PROJECT: A WASHING MACHINE TO REMOVE PESTICIDES FROM SOIL AND GROUNDWATER
Full capacity
Organizer
Time
Viernes 29 de septiembre a las 12:30
Venue
Departamento de Ingeniería Química y de Materiales
Collaborators
In this activity, pesticides will be extracted from contaminated soils and groundwater using detergents in the laboratories of the INPROQUIMA Group at the Faculty of Chemistry of the UCM. A demonstration will be made with real soils contaminated by residues from manufacturing obsolete and highly toxic pesticides. These pollutants will be extracted using biodegradable, low-toxicity surfactants (soaps), cleaning the soils and reducing their danger to the surrounding environment.
This technology is being used in the European LIFE SURFING project to clean the subsoil of a landfill in Sabiñánigo (Huesca), which is highly contaminated by residues from the manufacture of Lindane, which pose a significant risk to the nearby river Gállego.
