Under the leadership of America’s most environmentally conscious states, like California, the remediation industry is increasingly targeting air contaminants, rather than only soil and water.
Framework will put people to work in locally led landscape restoration projects driven by collaborative partnerships while advancing climate resilience.
In the next few weeks, EPA will begin cleanup work at the Lewis Chemical Site in Hyde Park, Mass. to address polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination.
Metallophiles hold great potential in remediating sites of heavy metal contamination and can also be used in rare earth metal discovery, among other useful applications.
Understanding how microbes withstand exposure to heavy metal concentrations that are toxic to humans and other organisms is foundational to the development of effective bioremediation techniques.