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Subject: Re: Soil - contaminated
From: Ronald Zwaagstra <R.Zwaagstra@ai.rug.nl>
Organization: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 01 08:50:30
Message-ID: <MOD$010725.22986@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$010725.10728@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$010725.20891@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



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

I'd love to hear the details...

Ronald

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