A George Mason University chemistry professor has won a $1 million engineering prize for developing a simple and inexpensive means of filtering arsenic from well water, an advance that is already preventing serious health problems in hundreds of thousands of people in his native Bangladesh and could help millions of others around the world.

The 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability, administered by the National Academy of Engineering, will go to Abul Hussam of Centreville, academy officials announced yesterday.

Abul Hussam will receive $1 million for developing a system to filter arsenic out of well water. (Courtesy Abul Hussam - Courtesy Abul Hussam) What Readers Are Saying Your Comments On... Short Mental Workouts May Slow Decline of Aging Minds, Study Finds "It would be interesting to know if factors such as stress, or sleep disorders etc. were taken into account. They can be quite memory inhibiting and are more likely to be present in the control group, as a lack of mental stimulation can increase self doubt, decrease confidence and cause a form of panic. Could this have put the control group behind, at the same time the motivated groups were leaping ahead and would this not effect the measurement of the outcome? " -- By smilesturner01 ; • View, Add More Comments • Read the Story Save & Share Article What's This? Digg