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Article: Smog busters: Microbes might offer a new way to control smelly toxics from sewage plants. (Originated from Orange County Register)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- September 13, 1993
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. _ Scientists are testing a novel way to control air pollution: let bugs eat it.
In a small-scale experiment that might one day help kill odors from sewage-treatment plants, University of Southern California researchers are growing bacteria that have an appetite for smelly chemical compounds.
``For the bugs, these compounds are a food source,'' said engineer Shabbir Basrai of the Orange County Sanitation Districts in Fountain Valley.
Basrai is working with University of Southern California Professor Joseph S. Devinny to set up a simple biofiltration system that should be able to clean smog-producing compounds from gases released when waste ...