The Perfect Remedy
Timeline
Since the Beginning of Bioremediation...
600 BC : Romans build intricate sewers for collecting waste water to undergo biological treatment.
1800’s : Citizens of Rhode Island believed that dumping waste water into local bodies of water would dilute the waste enough to be safe for consumption and use.
1960: George M. Robinson experimented with dirty jars and eventually found the process of Bioremediation.
January 1, 1970: Ananda Chakrabarty and his colleagues at General Electric discovered a strain of bacteria that is able to degrade some components in crude oil.
January 1, 1972: The first commercial use of a bioremediation system was to clean up a Sun Oil pipeline spill in Ambler, Pennsylvania.
January 1, 1975: The oil-eating superbug was developed at General Electric by Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, Ph.D.
January 1, 1981: A powerful promotion of the technology occurred after its high profile use on contaminated shorelines after the Exxon Valdez spill.
March 1, 1981: First patent on a living organism, a genetically engineered bacterium that digests oil spills. (3.3)
January 1, 1990: Commercialization of bioremediation began in earnest particularly for the treatment of contaminated soils and more recently groundwater.
July 6, 2005: Bioremediation mechanism was discovered by UK researchers.
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 Romans Used Bioremediation Too (3.5) |
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 Waste Water Dumping Site (3.6) |
 Bioremediation in Jars |
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