earthsmt at sierra.net (Earth Smart) writes:
>After years of research at the University of Texas, a blend of 13 microbes
>collected from natural oil seeps around the world has been compiled. This
>blend is proving to be a very effective, cost efficient means of transforming
>any natural hydrocarbon into 100% safe byproduct. Hydrocarbon refers to the
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>"I would recommend the use of EarthWise as a bioremediation enhancement in
>this situation due to the cost effectiveness compared to other cleanup and
>disposal methods, says M. D. Babcock." Owner/Operator
I have been warned by some of the best researchers in the business of bio-
remediation that commercial innocula for the purpose of environmental
cleanup are generally a scam. As Winogradski said, "Everything is every-
where." Generally the bugs you need for cleanup are living on-site before
treatment, and only require enrichment of one kind or another.
I did notice that the preceding messege described the rate at which
diesel fuel was removed from a site which was treated with "MiracleKleen:
or whatever they call it, but no data was presented from the controls.
Nick Landau
Dept. Biochemistry and Microbiology
Rutgers University
nlandau at eden.rutgers.edu
