John Gomez Mr. Sterling MicroBio. Bioremediation of explosive contaminated soil "It has been estimated that there are thousands of explosives-contaminated sites within the United States‚ and even a greater number in Europe and the Soviet Union."(2) TNT (2‚4‚6- trinitrotoluene) is one of the most popular explosives used by military forces‚ and due to improper handling and disposal techniques TNT and its derivatives‚ have polluted environments to levels that threaten the health of humans‚ livestock
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A General Essay on Bioremediation of Contaminated Soil Dana L. Donlon and J. W. Bauder‚ Professor‚ Montana State University-Bozeman MSSE Graduate Student and Professor‚ respectively Bioremediation is defined as use of biological processes to degrade‚ break down‚ transform‚ and/or essentially remove contaminants or impairments of quality from soil and water. Bioremediation is a natural process which relies on bacteria‚ fungi‚ and plants to alter contaminants as these organisms carry out their
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disadvantages of Bioremediation Advantages 1) Bioremediation is a natural process. 2) It is cost effective. 3) Toxic chemicals are destroyed or removed from environment and not just merely separated. 4) Low capital expenditure. 5) Less energy is required as compared to other technologies 6) Less manual supervision. Disadvantages 1) The process of bioremediaiton is slow. Time required is in day to months. 2) Heavy metals are not removed. 3) For insitu bioremediation site must have
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BIOREMEDIATION Bioremediation is such type of technology in which microorganism‚ fungi‚ bacteria‚ plant and there is use to convert polluted condition in to original condition. Through bioremediation process microorganism act on pollutant or on chemicals due to which pollution occur and help that thing to come back in its original condition. Bioremediation is an option to offers the possibility to destroy or renders various harmful thing through natural biological activity.
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Pickens Plant Bio 20 April 2013 Plant and fungi use in Bioremediation In 1975‚ a military jet fuel leaked over 80‚000 gallons of kerosene based jet-fuel into a lake in the suburbs of Charleston‚ SC. Many people tried to manage the oil spill but it was to no avail. It was almost impossible to stop all of the fuel from being soaked up by the very permeable sandy soil and reaching the ground water. Soon all of the ground water became contaminated and had many toxic chemicals in it. The ground water then
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Bioremediation and Events that Embraced It As the Earth continues to add in population and new industries and technologies advance the way human live on the planet‚ the natural resources are quickly becoming unavailable or worse‚ contaminated. Theories like global warming have led many non-government organizations (NGOs) to establish environment movements to save the planet. It is their belief that if society as a whole does not take the necessary steps to reverse the damage
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BIOREMEDIATION SMALL SOLUTIONS TO BIG PROBLEMS Prof Esta van Heerden | 051 401 2472 | vheerde@ufs.ac.za Dr Peter Williams | 051 401 9039 | williamspj@ufs.ac.za Mrs Elizabeth Ojo | 051 401 9897 | ojoao@ufs.ac.za Mr Kay Kuloyo | 051 401 3721 | kuloyooo@ufs.ac.za Mr Rohan Posthumus | 051 4013391 | posthumusjj@ufs.ac.za BACKGROUND Bioremediation is the use of living organisms‚ primarily microorganisms‚ to degrade environmental contaminants into less toxic forms. Research has demonstrated that there
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CHAPTER ONE RESEARCH BACKGROUND 1. Introduction The aim of this chapter is to outline the background of the research. The chapter also states the problem statement‚ the site location‚ the justification and the research objectives. 1. Background Information The Nchanga Environmental Management Plan‚ (October 2008)‚ states that Nchanga Mine is located in Chingola‚ in the Copperbelt‚ Republic of Zambia. Historical operations began in the 1930 shortly after the discovery
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Explosives A chemical explosive is a compound or a mixture of compounds susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction causing a quick physical outburst of gases or heat radiation. The first explosives were created by the Chinese in the 11th century. These were mixtures of nitrate salts‚ sulfur and charcoal‚ now known as black powder. Gunpowder which is a low explosive‚ exhibits deflagration‚ or rapid burning‚ rather than detonation‚ the reaction exhibited by high explosives. While‚ perhaps counterintuitively
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Warner CHM 151 M/W 7:30 AM February 26‚ 2010 Bioremediation I. Introduction A. Biotechnology is a scientific field that finds uses of microorganisms for agricultural‚ medical‚ industrial and technological purposes. The field of biotechnology growing at an exponential rate and branches off into several categories. B. Bioremediation is a subcategory of biotechnology that involves microorganisms and the environment. Although bioremediation is primarily established my man‚ it is a fairly
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