How a Company Contributes to Acid Rain (and What to do About It)

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, October 11, 2008 --(PR.com)-- A company may be profiting, the customers content, and the employees happy and productive. But with industrial processes creating dust, emitting sulphates, ash and other pollutants, the environment becomes sick. One of Mother Nature's symptoms is the increasing occurrences of acid rain. It's a growing problem industrial manufacturers need to face, not deny and sweep under the rug.

“Saying sulfates do not cause acid rain is the same as saying that smoking does not cause lung cancer.” Drew Lewis, the American Secretary of Transportation (1981-83) was quoted as saying.

Due to the burning of fossil fuels, automobile exhaust, and industry, the natural acidic balance becomes out-of-whack and converts natural rains into acid rains. Among the negative affects on the ecosystem are leaves and flowers dropping prematurely, the gradual extinction of trees and the acidification of lakes and streams.

Weis dry electrostatic precipitators can be used to remove microscopic dust particles from process exhaust gases. Dry ESPs are used to collect dry dust particles such as wood, coal or incinerator ash or cement kiln exhaust. Wet ESPs units are employed on exhausts that contain wet, sticky or oily particulates such as tar.

Weis wet and dry electrostatic precipitators can prevent these harmful agents from getting into the atmosphere, or a worker's lungs.

For more information on how Weis electrostatic precipitators can help business and the environment, contact CB Power and Industrial Equipment in Cambridge Ontario. They are the Canadian sales representatives for Weis. Their website is www.electro-staticprecipitators.com. You can also email Jim Wywrot (P.Eng.) at jim@electro-staticprecipitators.com

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