US Patent Issued on July 22 for "Removal and detection of algae, their toxins, and excess nutrients, other contaminants, and toxic substances" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,602, issued on July 22.

"Removal and detection of algae, their toxins, and excess nutrients, other contaminants, and toxic substances" was invented by Scott C. Smith (Osterville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of removing nutrients and/or toxic substances from water by placing an open-cell foam material together with a biochar material into the water, leaving the foam and biochar materials in the water for sufficient time to adsorb/absorb at least some of excess nutrients and/or toxic substances present in the water, and then removing from the water the open-cell foam material together with the biochar material."

The ...