The Effects of Aloe Vera Gel Root Treatment on the Common Cattail’s Ability to Fight Commercial Dye Pollution

Overview

Many articles of commercially mass produced clothing are dyed with very potent pigments. Azo dyes, a group of pigments that range across the color wheel, are some of the most potent. A few grams of an azo dye can color a whole article of clothing. During production, factories let loose runoff from their production line. Colored water and dye spills into the local soil and lakes, causing dye pollution. Azo dyes, when mixed into the runoff, are devastating to surrounding ecosystems. They are designed to not wash out in commercial washing machines, which also causes a great resilience to man-made pollution removal methods. The group of organisms known as bioremediators have rarely had their ability to remove dye pollution tested, particularly azo dye specific pollution. Bioremediators are a group of plants and other organisms that have the natural ability to draw pollutants out of water, typically through their roots. Of the numerous bioremediators, the Common Cattail (Typha Latifola) most closely fits the azo dye situation as a water root plant. In order to surpass man-made pollution remediation, their effectiveness needs to be increased by applying growth inducing materials. Man-made growth hormones often contain chemicals that are unsafe for wildlife and the balance of an ecosystem. Home gardener remedies, while weaker, often avoid this. Aloe vera gel in particular is optimal for water plants, as it is easily and quickly absorbed.. A combination of the aforementioned plant and aloe vera gel treatment has the possibility to create one of the most effective azo dye wastewater treatments. As factories produce more and more each year, the azo dye pollution requires an effective solution as soon as possible.

Competition history

• CSEF 2026 Earth & Environmental Sciences(Senior Division) · Entry S-08-19

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