Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Environment
From 2012.igem.org
Do you think that commonly used methods for wastewater treatment are sufficient for elimination of hormones? The currently used methods are definitely not sufficient for elimination, effects on fish species constantly increase.
Do you think that alternative methods could possibly solve this problem? In the end it is always about the costs. If alternative systems can be produced less cost-intensive, chances are they will find their way into commercial applications. And of coure marine systems are very fragile. No one can predict the consequences of a collapsing big marine ecological system. Even the costs and the influence on the local economy can hardly be predicted. Even higher costs and an unfavorable cost-benefit evaluation of an alternative system for waste water treatment may be acceptable to prevent dramatic ecological problems.
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