Team:UTArlingtonTexasUSA/Human Practices
HUMAN PRACTICES
Through our project design we hope to offer potential solution for permanent and long-term monitoring of environmental pollutants through the biosensing of microbial fuel cells. BTEX compounds are created and used during the production of petroleum products like paints, thinners, lacquers, adhesives, rubber products, inks, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. Manmade releases of BTEX compounds are through emissions from aircrafts, motor vehicles, and cigarette smoke. They are regarded as the most abundantly produced chemicals in the world and are also considered carcinogenic. The detection of xylene is imperative because it belongs to this family of pollutants. Specifically, xylene is dangerous to humans because it is a depressant of the central nervous system. The detection of this chemical would prevent over-exposure or over-utilization of this substance, in turn inspiring new protocols for safer working conditions of manufacture workers and consumers of these types of goods.
