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| + | <p><img class="alignright" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/2/2d/Screen-shot-2013-04-13-at-2-25-18-pm.png" alt=" ">Azo dyes are the main synthetic colourant used in the industrial manufacture of a wide range of products such as clothing, upholstery, cosmetics, tattoo ink and more. These dyes are widely known to be safe and stable forms of synthetic colourants, however, when they are broken down in the guts of organisms they take on dangerous properties. In industry, leftover dye effluent is often not properly disposed of, or removed, during water treatment, which results in the accumulation of azo dyes in water bodies. It is at this point that these excess dyes are ingested, broken down, and excreted as products that have been found to be mutagenic and carcinogenic. Despite such toxicity, little to no effort has been made to dispose of these leftover azo dyes more responsibly.</p> | ||
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Revision as of 15:05, 5 September 2014
About our project
Project Overview
The Problem: Azo Dyes in the Environment
Azo dyes are the main synthetic colourant used in the industrial manufacture of a wide range of products such as clothing, upholstery, cosmetics, tattoo ink and more. These dyes are widely known to be safe and stable forms of synthetic colourants, however, when they are broken down in the guts of organisms they take on dangerous properties. In industry, leftover dye effluent is often not properly disposed of, or removed, during water treatment, which results in the accumulation of azo dyes in water bodies. It is at this point that these excess dyes are ingested, broken down, and excreted as products that have been found to be mutagenic and carcinogenic. Despite such toxicity, little to no effort has been made to dispose of these leftover azo dyes more responsibly.
