Bio-Remediation Method May Be Used To Clean Up Toxic Waste: Jairam Ramesh
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 5,
May 2011
"The potential for bio-remediation at the Bhopal site has not been systematically done so far. We hope that we will do as part of the next exercise," environment minister Jairam Ramesh said after releasing a state-of-the-art report on "Bio-remediation, its applications to contaminated sites in India" here.
Bio-remediation is a branch of biotechnology that uses biological processes and biodiversity for environmental clean up. Bio-remediation operates through vegetation to sequester, extract, or degrade hazardous waste present in soils, sediments, groundwater, surface water and air.
According to Dr M.N.V. Prasad, who brought out the report, "once you take the toxic material to a landfill the landfill can to be cleaned up through the bio-remediation." Read the full report here.
Source: Deccan Chronicle, New Delhi.
