Toxic Art: Turning Pollution into Paint

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Saving waterways from coal mine pollution by turning that pollution into valuable pigments and paints. - We're cleaning up polluted streams and turning that toxic pollution into non-toxic pigments, paints and art.The Problem:For decades, pollution from abandoned underground coalmines has been killing aquatic life in our waterways. This high concentration of acid and heavy metals is called acid mine drainage, or 'AMD', and pollutes over 1,300 miles of streams in Ohio alone.Some of these AMD polluting mine seeps release over one million gallons of toxic water each day. There is so much pollution ...

Read More in this water it's like junking two cars a day into a stream.We think we found a way to fix it. We need your help to make it a reality.Our Solution:Our team of artists, engineers, watershed specialists and students are working to prove a process that will intercept this pollution, extract the heavy met

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