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Super sponge can remove toxic dyes from industrial wastewater

Colors brighten our lives and help define countless items we use dailyโ€”from the vibrant clothes we wear to decorative paper and packaging materials. What adds different colors to these things? Dyes, which bind themselves to the structure of the material they are coloring. For exa

Super sponge can remove toxic dyes from industrial wastewater
Phys.org โ€” 8 June 2026
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Colors brighten our lives and help define countless items we use dailyโ€”from the vibrant clothes we wear to decorative paper and packaging materials. What adds different colors to these things? Dyes, which bind themselves to the structure of the material they are coloring. For example, methylene blue (MB) is a dye used to color paper, leather products, silk and wool, and is also employed as a diagnostic agent and in the rubber and cosmetic industries. But what happens after these dyes have served their purpose?

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