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Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertilizer on crops

  • Written by Gang Chen, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Florida State University
Water purification at a modern urban wastewater treatment plant involves removing undesirable chemicals, suspended solids and gases from contaminated water. arhendrix/Shutterstock.com

My team has discovered another use for microwave ovens that will surprise you.

Biosolids – primarily dead bacteria – from sewage plants are usually dumped...

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