Editing Article Page

Title

Content

<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/precious_waste.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Scientists Find Large Amounts of Precious Metals in Wastewater' data-article-id='2728'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8354'>In recent months, stories about sewers getting clogged have made international headlines.</span> <span data-start-time='8354' data-end-time='18042'>For example, a so-called "fatberg," a mass of grease and diapers, clogged London's sewers.</span> <span data-start-time='18042' data-end-time='23979'>A new study has found stranger materials in a wastewater system:</span> <span data-start-time='23979' data-end-time='28146'>large amounts of rare and precious metals.</span> <span data-start-time='28146' data-end-time='35292'>Researchers examined 64 wastewater treatment centers across Switzerland.</span> <span data-start-time='35292' data-end-time='45375'>A government press release says it was the first study on trace elements in wastewater in an industrialized country.</span> <span data-start-time='45375' data-end-time='56938'>The researchers found 3000 kg of silver and 43 kilograms of gold in effluent and sludge from the centers.</span> <span data-start-time='56938' data-end-time='63979'>The value of the materials was somewhere around $3.1 million dollars.</span> <span data-start-time='63979' data-end-time='69479'>The silver and gold were in the form of tiny particles.</span> <span data-start-time='69479' data-end-time='80500'>The researchers said the particles were most likely released during manufacturing of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, or watches.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/precious_waste.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9687 data-hint-location='45375' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/what_does_effluent_mean.m4a'>What does effluent mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='liquid waste'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/silver_sludge.m4a'><span>silver sludge</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/liquid_waste.m4a'><span>liquid waste</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/sewer_clog.m4a'><span>sewer clog</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/precious_metal.m4a'><span>precious metal</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9688 data-hint-location='23979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/what_did_the_study_find.m4a'>What did the study find?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='precious metals '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/copper_wire.m4a'><span>copper wire</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/precious_metals.m4a'><span>precious metals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/grease_and_diapers.m4a'><span>grease and diapers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/rough_stones.m4a'><span>rough stones</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9689 data-hint-location='8354' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/london_sewers_were_clogged_with_grease_and__blank_.m4a'>London sewers were clogged with grease and <span class='blank'>diapers</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='diapers'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/hair.m4a'><span>hair</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/clothing.m4a'><span>clothing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/diapers.m4a'><span>diapers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2211/metals.m4a'><span>metals</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

Sound name

Show | Back