Jay James invented a better way to measure mercury using nanoparticles
Channel: EnviroHealthBerkeley
Date: 2014-02-26

Arsenic is highly toxic and present in groundwater in many parts of the world.  It has no smell or taste, so people cannot detect it on their own.  Devices to measure arsenic in water have been expensive.  Jay James and colleagues invented a new and better way to measure arsenic in water, leading to invention of a new monitoring device.  This will help to protect people from unknowingly drinking water with a toxic pollutant.  This work was supported by the Superfund Research Program at Berkeley.