Scientists stumble over cheap material that can suck deadly mercury out of oceans

[Dexter]

http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/10/20/accidental-discovery-reveals-orange-peel-saves-thousands-lives/

Australian researchers have accidentally discovered a way to remove mercury from water using a material made from industrial waste and orange peel. Developers Max Worthington and Justin Chalker, from South Australia’s Flinders University, said until now there had been no such method.