Pollution remediation

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Runoff from an abandoned mine enters the Bucktail River in Idaho. The color is turqouise-blue stain from spoilings or tailings piles of copper ore.

## Content summary

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Remediation of pollution, or clean-up, may require the capture or containment of contaminants.

## Learning Materials

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This Laysan Albatross chick has been fed plastic by its parents and was unable to eject it, resulting in death by either starvation or choking.

### Texts

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* b:IB Biology
* b:Cell Biology
* b:Biochemistry
* b:General Chemistry

### Pollution Remediation Chapters

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#### Contaminant Sources

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##### Stationary Sources

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* Human Waste

1. Septic Tanks
2. Wastewater Treatment
3. Solid Waste (landfills)

* Agricultural Waste

1. Green Waste
2. Livestock Excrement Piles
3. Chemical Byproducts (fertilizers, pesticides)

* Industrial Waste

1. Combustion Byproducts
2. Leachate from Contaminant Storage
3. Offgassing / Volatilization
4. Spills

##### Mobile Sources

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1. Transportation & Shipping
2. Livestock
3. Wildlife
4. Invasive species

#### Contaminant Fate & Transport

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* Advection

#### Contaminant Remediation

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* Chemical Treatment

1. Absorption
2. Absorption
3. Filtration
4. Distillation
5. Cement and ImmoCem- waste conversion

* Biological Remediation

1. Botanical Uptake - Phytoremediation
2. Fungal Uptake - Mycoremediation

## Assignments

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This image is a work of an Environmental Protection Agency employee, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties.

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### Readings:

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### Study guide:

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1. Wikipedia article:Pollution
2. Wikipedia article:Remediation

## References

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Additional helpful readings include:

* MIT Open Course Ware:Environmental Transport
* MIT Open Course Ware:Waste Containment and Remediation Technology

## Active participants

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## Wikimedia

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* w: Great Pacific Garbage Patch

## External links

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* September 2008 New 'super worms' may clean up heavy metals
* April 2010 “Perfume Grass” Could Solve Problem of Antibiotics in Water Supply