CAVM wrote: > > >My first idea was also to dig in a lot of compost (and to keep the soil > >moist, those micro-organisms need water to live). But I am also > >wondering if there would be plants that absorb some of the petroleum and > >can later on be composted > > Without going into a lot of technical issues, let me say that you are correct. > You can remediate the petroleum contamination with composting. You can also > remediate heavy metal contamination from the petroleum via plant uptake. > > Cornelius A. Van Milligen > Kentucky Enrichment Inc