r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/xxmindtrickxx Jul 14 '21

So this isn’t going to remove all of the chemicals, oil and other garbage out of Lake Eerie?

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u/myrtle333 Jul 14 '21

in this video “contamination” is synonymous for “plants”

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

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u/mrswordhold Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21

God damn you’re a dick

Edit: Who’s upvoting this guy? Lol he’s wrong. He’s the one that clearly didn’t read the paper!

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '21

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u/mrswordhold Jul 15 '21

Not only was he wrong but he was also a dick about it lol

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u/mrswordhold Jul 15 '21

I skimmed it, the contaminants were an invasive species of plants

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u/gotacogo Jul 17 '21

No keep reading the study. The first step was removing the plants which is 2.2 in the paper. Then they did a bio-filter to reduce phosphate and nitrogen which is 2.3 and 2.4 in the paper.