Science Daily  August 11, 2021 Researchers at the Michigan Technological University have developed a comprehensive reactive activity model that shows how singlet oxygen’s reaction mechanisms perform against a diverse group of contaminants and computes their half-life in a natural aquatic environment. The rate of indirect-sunlight-initiated chemical oxidation is unique to the body of water; singlet oxygen plays a partial role in degrading the toxins in harmful algal blooms and in breaking down the excess nitrogen and phosphorus produced by agricultural runoff. It can oxidize chemicals in drinking water or wastewater treatments. With the half-life calculations established by their model, the […]