Benjamin Kahn (; born 1955) is an Israeli

marine biologist Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology clas ...

and environmental activist. His work includes ecological improvements of the

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reef, where damage began in 1997 with the advent of

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, resulting from tons of waste into the reef. Kahn appeared on ''

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'' magazine's list of " Heroes of the Environment" October 2007."Benjmin Kahn - Heroes of the Environment"
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''. October 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007. Kahn's work has been done largely through Zalul Environmental Association, an environmental

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founded by his

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father and dedicated to protecting the seas and rivers in Israel. Kahn serves as chairman of Zalul. Kahn is the founder and CEO of Atlantium Technologies, a water purification technology firm established in 2005 that developed a hydro-optic ultraviolet technology used as a non-chemical means to control

biofouling Biofouling or biological fouling is the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or small animals where it is not wanted on surfaces such as ship and submarine hulls, devices such as water inlets, pipework, grates, ponds, and rivers that ...

. In 2017, Atlantium was chosen to install this system to prevent the clogging of piping at the

Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado, Black Canyon of the Colorado River (U.S.), Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, d ...

quagga mussel The quagga mussel (''Dreissena bugensis'') is a species (or subspecies) of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Dreissenidae. It has an average lifespan of 3 to 5 years. The species is indigenous to the Dnipro River dr ...

s. Kahn is the president of Coral World International Ltd, an operator of marine parks that specializes in ecologically-friendly tropical life systems in symbiotic environments.Bloomberg: Benjamin Kahn
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kahn, Benjamin 1955 births Living people Israeli marine biologists South African emigrants to Israel