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.
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.