Bioremediation

Bioremediation

 

Since the industrial revolution, toxic substances has contaminated the Earth and rapidly degrading it. Through the process of bioremediation, our green planet can retain its natural resources that medical researchers can potentially use for medicine or investors can utilize for investments while those who possesses curiosity will use it for tourism. In the past, bioremediation has cleaned up many oil spills that harmed thousands of wildlife species, including keystone species that are vital to an ecosystem. The most cost efficient way and natural way to combat the problem is by stimulating the growth of microorganisms, plants, or mushrooms for in situ or ex situ treatment of contaminated site. Bioremediation is utilizing organisms to remove contaminants from the ecosystem.