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A big challenge in modern wastewater treatment is the removal of micropollutants and multiresistant bacteria (MRB). Micropollutants, which includes such things as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, food additives, and hormones, are dangerous for the environment and human health as we have previously reported. MRBs, and their antibiotic resistant genes (ARG), have been rated as a global health threat by the World Health Organization. Modern wastewater treatment plants are fairly effective at reducing the total number of MRBs, but it turns out they may also help select particular highly resistant strains that make it through the processing and they are only moderately successful at removing micropollutants. To address these new threats, many treatment facilities are discussing adding an additional treatment step. One of the more promising treatments being implemented is the use of ozone because it is economically feasible, and it significantly abates micropollutants.
What is largely unknown is the effect of ozonation on MRBs. Ozone is a strong oxidant and disinfectant and it is very effective on organic materials. A group of Swiss researchers investigated the extent that ozone kills MRBs and destroys ARGs when applied at the levels implemented by wastewater treatment plants. They performed laboratory experiments, and also took samples from a wastewater treatment plant. Their results are presented in a paper [Paywalled] in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. In the lab they found ozonation to be very effective at disrupting ARGs, but unfortunately it was not effective when applied to the secondary effluent at a treatment facility. What this means is that the new ozonation systems being implemented to deal with micropollutants, although they have much potential, will not be effective against antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Inactivation of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes by Ozone: From Laboratory Experiments to Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment [DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02640][DX]
(Score: 5, Informative) by Ayn Anonymous on Thursday December 01 2016, @12:47AM
http://pubs.acs.org.sci-hub.cc/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.6b02640 [sci-hub.cc]
Can you please stop behave like an idiot ?
The sci-hub project exist to give everyone free access to knowledge.
The permanent concealment of the sci-hub project does it not make go away.
Supporting them is the right thing to do.
http://sci-hub.cc/ [sci-hub.cc] donate some bitcoins !
(Score: 4, Informative) by charon on Thursday December 01 2016, @01:12AM
I have been told by longstanding members of the editorial team that our linking to a site which has the full text of a paywalled paper can cause legal issues for SoylentNews. Accordingly, I have not done so.
I am pleased that you knew where to find this paper and that you have shared it with us. Thank you for your contribution.
(Score: 1) by Ayn Anonymous on Thursday December 01 2016, @05:47AM
OK, how about that:
- Have a *GOOD VISIBLE* link to http://sci-hub.cc/ [sci-hub.cc] on the FRONTPAGE.
- Embed the link to sci-hub.cc in a disclaimer to check back with your local laws before using sci-hu.
- Move the server infrastructure to Iceland or any other non US slave country.
- Move the domain .TLD (.org) to any other non US slave .TLG.
- Run the site anonymous (but with PGP signs) on "official" statement of the "management"
- Grow balls.
(Score: 3, Touché) by shortscreen on Thursday December 01 2016, @06:02AM
mod parent +1 sassy
(Score: 3, Insightful) by charon on Thursday December 01 2016, @06:07AM
(Score: 3, Insightful) by anubi on Thursday December 01 2016, @07:47AM
Charon hit the nail on the head. Napster fought and lost. This is a battle SN will not win.
Best pick our battles wisely. This one is not winnable.
The best we can hope for is someone else posts a sci-hub link, so SN is not responsible for it.
If SN gets their head chopped off, we ALL lose.
For what I can see, SN is little more than a very small team of highly dedicated technical geniuses who built this as either a labor of love or a love of labor ( I can't tell which ), but I appreciate access to it nevertheless.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by janrinok on Thursday December 01 2016, @07:55PM
I think you are wrong. We only have to face a legal challenge (not even be found guilty) and the site will close because we simply cannot afford to pay for the legal representation that would be required. For us to be able to print what we like when we like would require you, as part of our community, to pay significantly more in contributions to this site than currently the case.
Most people are happy with the compromise that we currently operate under.
(Score: 1) by Ayn Anonymous on Tuesday December 13 2016, @06:31AM
OK. I think I found a solution that is not dangerous and would satisfy most (including me) people.
Link to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub [wikipedia.org]
Does ANYONE think that linking to a Wikipedia article is dangerous ?
The Wikipedia has the link to Sci-Hub.
AND give you all the background info of it.
(Score: 1) by charon on Tuesday December 13 2016, @11:34PM
I get your point, and I sympathize with your intent. I am not a corporate shill, despite what it may say on my shiny editor's badge. The problem I have with your suggestion is this: usually (always) we have some indication of why a link is relevant to the story. We cannot leave the link bare, and we probably also cannot say "Get information about circumventing paywalls here [soylentnews.org]."
I will discuss it with other people who have more experience running this site and see what we can do with your idea. Thank you, charon.