Organic pollutants, environmental restoration

Organic and Metal Pollutants of Importance to Environmental Restoration... 

The Marine Biotechnology Institute (MBI) was founded in 1987 for the study and applications of biodiversity in marine environments. Currently, and within the scope of the present book, the research area of relevance is industrial applications of microbiology . The institute also performs research in C02 fixation. The Applied Microbiology Laboratory is searching cost-effective utilization of microbes for environmental conservation and restoration. In particular, the decontamination of areas polluted with petroleum-related compounds has been addressed. Attention has been paid to removal of polycyclic hydrocarbons. They are also developing processing methods for the conversion of biomass and organic wastes by methane fermentation. 

From an environmental perspective, silica-rich pyrophyllite clay may well provide us with a means to clean up much of the pollution in the land, the waterways and possibly in the ocean. When the world s phosphate reserves are nearly depleted, silica-rich pyrophyllite clay is becoming known as the ideal replacement to help clean up the soils from the damage done by phosphate fertilizers, and to restore the soil (and perhaps our bodies) back to their original healthy, organic state. 

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