OriginClear Achieves Real-Time Removal of Roundup Ingredient Glyphosate
Company files patent supporting continuous removal of microcontaminants to parts per billion levels.
Los Angeles, CA – September 26, 2017 – OriginClear Inc. (OTC/QB: OCLN), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced that new testing at the La Kretz Advanced Prototyping Center demonstrated real-time removal of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup®, at concentrations of parts per billion – a quantum increase over previous testing in the range of parts per million. A summary report of the test is available at the company website
Analysis of the treated water by a certified third-party laboratory showed the glyphosate level as non-detectable (ND) after only three minutes of treatment, just one-third of the initially planned test duration. A second test, conducted with an experimental reactor configuration, showed the same ND result after only 45 seconds of treatment by our proprietary advanced oxidation process, AOx™.
Initially patented by Monsanto for Roundup®, glyphosate has since become generic and is the world’s leading herbicide, used in weed-control products by global chemical companies. As a result of widespread use, glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are now found in both groundwater and drinking water across the United States and, increasingly, the world over.
“This second test indicates the effectiveness of AOx™ in the removal of glyphosate at levels that are currently found in the foods we eat every day,” said Jean-Louis “JL” Kindler, President of OriginClear Technologies. “It is unlikely that the world will stop using glyphosate in the near future. Therefore, we should try to eliminate it from the water we drink.”
