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moss peat in the filtration of pigments and dyes in 

 wastes from textile plants, and of mercury and other 

 metals in wastes from other industrial plants ; moss 

 peat is 20 to 30 times cheaper than activated char- 

 coal presently used as a filtering agent. 



Moss peat can now be used for the manufacture 

 of activated carbon, as a binder for pelletizing iron- 

 ore concentrates, and for manufacture of concretes 

 used as lightweight thermal and sound insulators. 



Decarlo (1970) forecasted that the national de- 

 mand for peat for the year 2000 will reach 1,200,000 

 to 2,400,000 short tons. 



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