Ultrasound system can remove common plastic pollutant from water
Published: 7 August 2025
The system developed by chemists from UofG can scrub up to 94% of the traces of Bisphenol A (BPA) from samples of contaminated water by using ultrasound to create conditions similar to the surface of the sun in bubbles of contaminated water. Scaled-up versions of their prototype could be used in water treatment plants to help remove BPA from water supplies. It could also help industry remove BPA and other hard-to-treat pollutants from waste water before it is discharged into public waterways.