Team:INSA-Lyon/Purpose

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<p>c) <i>CurLy’on improves eating and drinking in food-processing and also in humanitarian context.</i></br>
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<p>c) <i>CurLy’on purifies water used in food-processing and would be really useful in a humanitarian context.</i></br>
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What’s more, by carrying heavy metals in the food chain, water plays a key role in pollution and a serious challenge to eliminate heavy metals pollution. That’s why we chose to focus on that special issue. Our final goal is to respect the European norms (especially the article L330/43 from 5 December 1998) that states first that nickel concentrations must not go over 20 µg/L in drinkable water and secondly that 0% of modified DNA or proteins must be found in water. In humanitarian context, our project is really necessary to cleanse water.</p></br></br>  
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What’s more, by carrying heavy metals in the food chain, water plays a key role in pollution and a serious challenge to eliminate heavy metals pollution. That’s why we chose to focus on this special issue. Our final goal is to respect the European norms (especially the article L330/43 from 5 December 1998). This norms states that nickel concentrations must not go over 20 µg/L in drinkable water and that 0% of modified DNA or proteins must be found in water. In a humanitarian context, our project is really necessary to cleanse water.</p></br></br>  
<li><u>Health issues:</u></br></br>
<li><u>Health issues:</u></br></br>
<p>a)<i> Nickel risks.</i></br>
<p>a)<i> Nickel risks.</i></br>
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In particular, nickel exposure, especially in industrial and occupational settings, can present significant health hazards. Firstly, allergy to nickel is something that grown to be more and more important recently, mainly due to the introduction of inexpensive jewelry where the underlying metal is comprised of nickel. Ten-to-twelve percent of the female population and six-percent of the male population are believed to experience an allergy to nickel, caused by the nickel salts that are formed by sweat in contact with the nickel. Secondly, nickel is one of many carcinogenic metals known to be an environmental and occupational pollutant. It has been connected with increased risk of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological deficits, developmental deficits in childhood, and high blood pressure. Finally, nickel has been identified as a toxin that severely damages reproductive health and can lead to infertility, miscarriage, birth defects, and nervous system defects. All in all, nickel is suspected, on the one hand, to severely disrupt enzyme action and regulation and, on the other hand, to contribute to a high amount of oxidative stress.</p></br>
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Nickel exposure in particular, especially in industrial and occupational settings, can present significant health hazards. Firstly, allergy to nickel is something that has become more and more important recently, mainly due to the introduction of inexpensive jewelry where one of the underlying metals is nickel. 10-12%  of the female population and 6% of the male population are believed to experience an allergy to nickel, caused by the nickel salts that are formed by sweat in contact with the nickel. Secondly, nickel is one of many carcinogenic metals known to be an environmental and occupational pollutant. It has been connected with increased risk of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological deficits, developmental deficits in childhood, and high blood pressure. Finally, nickel has been identified as a toxin that can lead to infertility, miscarriage, birth defects, and nervous system defects. All in all, nickel is suspected, on the one hand, to severely disrupt enzyme action and regulation and, on the other hand, to contribute to a high amount of oxidative stress.</p></br>
<p>b) <i>Curly’on make renal dialysis better.</i></br>
<p>b) <i>Curly’on make renal dialysis better.</i></br>

Revision as of 22:41, 17 October 2014

Curly'on - IGEM 2014 INSA-LYON

Our human practices include an original approach of social sciences and design.

  • Heavy metals, environmental and health issues


  • CurLy'on in 2030?


  • Prototype