It’s said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. But from the UK comes news that a by-product of beverage production–in this case, whisky–may help speed soil and water cleanup operations. The soon-to-be-commercialized product called DRAM may be a future complement to geosynthetics during contaminated site remediation and containment. The UK currently has roughly 330,000 contaminated sites.

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