Dig this

March

HereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s one of the more interesting things that have crossed my computer in awhile.

The continuing delays in cleaning up the PCBs in the Hudson River may end up leaving open the possibility that technology can solve the problem.
A team of scientists apparently has come up with something organic that could detoxify the polychlorinated biphenyls that have been one of the biggest environmental stories in the Hudson River for more than three decades.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers say the organism could allow a PCB cleanups without dredging, which is what General Electric is spending millions to do now.
The research is slated to appear in the April 15 issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Check out this “United Press International story”:http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070307-14183200-bc-us-pcb.xml on the discovery. It’s on sciencedaily.com

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 at 5:32 pm by Greg Clary.
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Steve C. March 8th, 2007 at 10:39 am
ah but will this organism do to the already fragile eco system? it may clean out the toxins but what would be the side effect of them ?

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