The staff of the Ningyi County Government were all mobilized to receive the guests.

The visit between the Ministry of Science and Technology and the UK delegation was scheduled on the same day, which also facilitated informal meetings between the UK Environment Secretary Michael and China's Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

The small county of Ningyi has attracted the attention of the global media because of the visit of distinguished guests.

Under the lens of CCTV, People's Daily, BBC, and The Times, Chen Nuo greeted these important guests outside the environmental protection laboratory of Bluestar.

An interpreter accompanying the British official told the statement: "This is the Secretary of State for the Environment, Mr Michael, and this is Professor Carson, the head of the Microbiology Laboratory at Imperial College London, the editor-in-chief of the journal Nature Biotechnology. ”

"Hello!" Chen Nuo was neither humble nor arrogant, and took the initiative to shake hands with the two foreign guests.

Next are Minister Wan of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister Li of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, as well as some professors from the Microbiology Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, all of whom are old acquaintances.

Mayor Feng and other leaders of Huicheng and Ningyi County could only stare at the back with a smile, because according to their rank, they were not qualified to stand with ministerial-level cadres.

After greeting the guests, the media couldn't wait to ask Chen Nuo questions.

The BBC took the microphone and asked Chen Nuo: "May I ask if Mr. Chen's paper published on the "Nature" miscellaneous article proves that the technology of environmental protection bacteria to treat pollutants has been successful in the laboratory?" If it succeeds, when will it be able to enter the market on a large scale? ”

The Times also hurriedly asked: "Does such a significant progress in pollutant treatment by your company mean that Huaguo can once again open up the import business of foreign garbage in the future?" ”

The Phoenix reporter next to him was very dissatisfied with the question of the Times, and he said: "Why do we have to import your garbage when our technology has advanced?" What kind of logic is this? ”

However, this was said in Chinese, and the Times reporter did not understand it.

Chen Nuo didn't have time to answer any questions from reporters now, and handed over the scene to Dai Yanfei.

Dai Yanfei said: "We will provide 10 media opportunities to visit, seven domestic media, three foreign media, if you are willing to visit the laboratory, please go to the front office to register and change your work clothes." ”

No matter how much you are in the media or how many reporters you have, you have to honestly obey the arrangement when you go to the territory of Bluestar, and the reporters have to line up in the office.

Chen Nuo led Minister Wan, Carson and others into the park.

Surrounded by green trees, rivers and lakes, Chen Nuo said: "The water in these rivers and lakes is all the water discharged from our treatment tanks, and the pollution indicators of these water have exceeded the environmental protection values stipulated by the international regulations before they are discharged, and now they have reached the quality of natural water from the water source, which can be used to water plants, raise fish, and even be used as drinking water after simple treatment." ”

In fact, as soon as he arrived in Ningyi County, Carson felt that the environment at this site was terrible, just like the pollution that should have been during the Industrial Revolution. But with such a beautiful park in such a small county, and this is an environmental laboratory, Carson felt different.

Walking towards the center of the laboratory, here is the No. 1 solid waste treatment tank.

"Please wear a mask, after all, this is a garbage disposal pond, and it doesn't smell good."

The unpleasant smell is not the smell emitted by environmental protection bacteria, but the odor emitted by all kinds of garbage.

The solid waste that has been sorted into categories is transported from the conveyor belt and put together and put into the treatment tank at regular intervals, just at this time when the time point for garbage disposal has just arrived.

The equipment puts the garbage into the treatment tank, and in order to make the garbage and environmental protection bacteria better integrated, there is also a mixing equipment in the treatment tank. All the processes are smooth, and there is not a single worker in sight of pure mechanization.

Of course, the most new thing for everyone is what is in the treatment tank, whether it is the microbial environmental protection bacteria or chemical reagents mentioned in the paper.

Carson brought the tools with him, and he said to Chen Nuo, "Mr. Chen, can I take a sample of water?" I know I'm presumptuous in my request, but as editor-in-chief of Nature, we want to verify the authenticity of your paper. ”

Chen Nuo said very happily: "Of course you can!" ”

This decision made Minister Wan and Minister Li on the side puzzled, if the treatment pool is really environmental protection bacteria, it is definitely a major secret of the company and the country, is it okay to let people take it casually?

Chen Nuo didn't care, the environmental protection bacteria could survive for no more than an hour without the culture medium, and the culture liquid was the formula of the Blue Star World, and it was impossible for anyone on the earth to be able to study it, so Chen Nuo still had this confidence.

It is also because of the culture medium that Chen Nuo will safely discharge the simply treated pond water into the river, without worrying about the environmental protection bacteria digesting the organisms in the river water.

Carson came prepared this time, and he started experimenting at the edge of Pool 1.

After observing with his own electron microscope, Carson determined that there were many microorganisms in the sample liquid, but whether these microorganisms were environmental bacteria or the original microorganisms in the water was not confirmed by Carson for the time being.

Journalists from the BBC, The Times and others have turned their cameras on Carson, who is reluctant to believe the Blue Star company in China, and they believe Carson, who is also from the West.

Microscopes can't tell the kind of bacteria, but as a professor in the Microbiology Laboratory at Imperial College London and editor-in-chief of Nature Biotechnology, Carson naturally has his own unique approach.

First, test the pH of the sample with an acid-base test strip - 6.8.

Slightly acidic, or even neutral.

This determines that there is no strong acid or strong base in the sample to dissolve the waste.

CARSON TOOK OUT ANOTHER PACKET OF POWDER FROM HIS BAG, WHICH IS A POLYETHYLENE PARTICLE WITH A PARTICLE SIZE OF LESS THAN 2MM, WHICH IS ALSO A GREAT HARM TO NATURE BY HUMANS.

These plastic particles are widely found in shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste and other products, which are difficult to filter by human sewage treatment equipment, and the particles usually enter the sea with the water flow after entering the sewer, and then are absorbed by a large number of marine organisms, which either die or are caught and eaten by humans and then enter the human body.

So far, it is difficult to define the degree of damage to the human body of these plastic particles, but some studies have shown that they can enter human tissues with the bloodstream, interact with tissue cells, and become carriers of viruses and cancerous cells.

Under the microscope, Carson carefully poured the powder into the sample, and he wanted to observe the decomposition of the polyethylene particles by the environmental protection bacteria, if it can really be decomposed, the environmental protection bacteria must exist, Chen Nuo's paper is perfect, and the environmental problems of human beings are also saved.