Golden Phoenix Identifies Tungsten in Addition to Moly

Here's an interesting story that ran in the The Tribune San Luis Obispo Newspaper in California and was originally in The Yomiuri Shimbun in Japan:

At first glance, it's just looks like plain old fishing line - but the strong filament is actually a technological innovation made of special plastic that dissolves into carbon dioxide and water through the work of microorganisms in water.

"The time it takes depends on water temperature and other conditions, but it usually dissolves completely in five years," said Tokuo Ichikawa, the person in charge of developing the product at Globeride Inc., a fishing-gear company based in Higashi-Kurume, Tokyo.

The impetus for developing an environment-friendly fishing line came five years ago when Ichikawa, 53, and his colleagues took part in recovering discarded fishing line and sinkers underwater at Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture. A small truck full of garbage, including fishing gear, is collected at the lake every day.

"Garbage you find on the ground should be removed out of common decency, but garbage left underwater should be taken away by companies," Ichikawa said.

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Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/11/3467709/golden-phoenix-identifies-tungsten.html#ixzz1GNJNwvZG