In the news: Bacteria eat diesel on Ibiza
Diesel eating bacteria on Ibiza. From the article of Ibiza Kurier, july edition, 2023
...even the smallest oil spills from ship propellers or diesel spills from the refuelling of ships have a damaging effect on marine fauna. One person who has worked extensively on how to make polluted water clean again is the Dutchman Ronny Janmaat.
Safety in working with bacteria
What happens when you add QCE5® to natural water sources and soil? How will it affect the natural microbial state of the environment? we have good news.
How Microbes Clean up Oil: Lessons From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
This report provides a clear and insightful understanding as to how some of the world’s smallest creatures, microbes, helped rescue the Gulf of Mexico after an environmental catastrophe
How to deal with salt water and soil
“Salinization is one of the most serious land degradation problems facing the world. Salinity results in poor plant growth and low soil microbial activity due to osmotic stress and toxic ions. The key to solving this problem…
Spain wants to increase reutilization of water from 10% to 20% by 2027
Spain’s environment minister, Teresa Ribera, said her department would spend €1.4bn on doubling the proportion of water that is reused in urban areas from 10% to 20% by 2027; and on subsidising those whose irrigation water supplies would be reduced.
Residues of glyphosate-based herbicides in soil found to negatively affect plant-beneficial microbes
Residues of glyphosate-based herbicides in soil found to negatively affect plant-beneficial microbes.
Water treatment methods may, unintentionally, generate harmful chemicals
They discovered that the phenols converted into products including 2-butene-1,4-dial, a compound that is known to have negative effects, including DNA damage, on human cells.