Book: Zeolite – Nature’s Heavy Metal Detoxifier August 17th, 2010
This article will discuss the many different ways chemicals can affect you and your loved ones…
Detoxification and elimination of chemicals from your body is a necessity. You can truly turn your life around. Your present health can improve significantly and your future wellbeing can be made much more secure. more…
Interview on Natural Cellular Defense September 23rd, 2009
Interview With Winder Lyons & Rik Deitsch
December 2005
Welcome friends. My name is Winder Lyons, and it is a great pleasure for me to have today Rik Deitsch, who is the chairman of Waiora’s Science Advisory Board.
Environmental Remediation of Mercury From Coal Burning Flu Gases September 8th, 2009
Mr. LuVerne E.W. Hogg, President and CEO of ZEOX Corporation (The “Company” or “ZEOX”) (TSX VENTURE: ZOX), is pleased to announce the Company’s entry into the environmental remediation market for the removal of Mercury (“Hg”) from emissions in power generation coal fired utility boilers.
Even though the concentrations of Hg are relatively low at .012 to 3.3 parts per million, collectively the release into the environment is considerable because of the large amount of coal that is burned globally. Estimates for global emissions of Hg from all sources are approximately 12,000,000 pounds per year with Hg emissions from power generation accounting for approximately 40%. Mercury is very volatile so currently only small amounts are currently removed along with fly ash by particulate control devices such as electrostatic precipitators. The remainder is emitted into the atmosphere along with the flu gases. United States and Canadian Government Environmental Regulations are now in place requiring that coal fired utilities meet Hg removal targets in 2010 by 70% increasing in subsequent years to up to 95% removal efficiency.
Study: Zeolite Minerals for Uptake of Mercury Solutes September 8th, 2009
The uptake of inorganic Hg2+ and organometallic CH3Hg+ from aqueous solutions by 11 different natural zeolites has been investigated using a batch distribution coefficient (Kd) method and supported by a preliminary voltammetric study. The effect of mercury concentration on the Kd response is shown over an environmentally appropriate concentration range of 0.1–5 ppm inorganic and organometallic Hg using a batch factor of 100 ml g–1 and 20 h equilibration. Analcime and a Na-chabazite displayed the greatest methylmercury uptakes (Kd values at 1.5 ppm of 4023 and 3456, respectively), with mordenite as the smallest at 578. All uptake responses were greater for methylmercury than for the inorganic mercuric nitrate solutions, suggesting a distinctive sensitivity of zeolites to reaction with different types of solute species. It is likely that this sensitivity is attributable to the precise nature of the resultant Hg-zeolite bonds. Additionally, both the Si-Al ratio and the Na content of the initial natural zeolite samples are shown to influence the Kd responses, with positive correlations between Kd and Na content for all zeolites excluding mordenite.
