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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Conservation of Natural Resources > Environmental Restoration and Remediation > Biodegradation, Environmental
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Conservation of Natural Resources > Environmental Restoration and Remediation > Biodegradation, Environmental
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Conservation of Natural Resources > Environmental Restoration and Remediation > Biodegradation, Environmental
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Environmental Restoration and Remediation > Biodegradation, Environmental
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Environmental Restoration and Remediation > Biodegradation, Environmental
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Environmental Pollution > Environmental Restoration and Remediation > Biodegradation, Environmental

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Biodegradation, Environmental  

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  • Elimination of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES and other waste using living organisms, usually involving intervention of environmental or sanitation engineers. Use of PLANTS to accumulate or degrade ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS. A treatment process that uses naturally occurring microorganisms to degrade hazardous substances into less toxic or nontoxic substances. Passively allowing naturally occurring organisms at a contaminated site to degrade ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS.

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