ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,325, issued on Sept. 30.

"Method and system of removing environmental contaminants from water" was invented by Paul Charles Wegner (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system of removing environmental contaminants from water comprising adding a fatty chemical to form a mixture with the water in which the fatty chemical and the environmental contaminants complex to form molecular complexes. The mixture is then filtered to remove the molecular complexes from the water."

The patent was filed on July 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/861,317.

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