January 22, 2010

WebMagazin: Washing Water - High-tech from Bitterfeld is helping to solve the world’s environmental problems

Without water there can be no life. Although the earth is called the "blue planet" because three-fourths of its surface is covered with water, only three percent of it is fresh water, and most of that is bound in the polar ice. Less than one percent of the world's water supply can be used by humans in its natural state. Yet the population is growing, and so is the water consumption per capita. The world’s most important resource is becoming increasingly scarce.

High time, then, that humanity comes up with something to secure its continued existence. Chemistry has solutions: "We increasingly need technologies that allow the reuse of water and eliminate and/or prevent contamination," says Michael Zobel, head of the LANXESS Ion Exchange Resins business unit.

Read in the _WebMagazine how the innovative products from LANXESS make an important contribution to the solution of current and future water problems.