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What's in The Soil-And What To Do About It

The document discusses fuels and oils like diesel fuel, gasoline, and motor oil that can contaminate soil from sources like refineries, gas stations, and engines. It notes potential health effects from exposure including cancer, reproductive disorders, and damage to cardiovascular, blood, liver and nerve systems. It recommends methods for treating contaminated soil like inoculating with beneficial bacteria, keeping the soil aerated, and using compost teas and mushroom-based bioremediation to break down contaminants in an aerobic environment.

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What's in The Soil-And What To Do About It

The document discusses fuels and oils like diesel fuel, gasoline, and motor oil that can contaminate soil from sources like refineries, gas stations, and engines. It notes potential health effects from exposure including cancer, reproductive disorders, and damage to cardiovascular, blood, liver and nerve systems. It recommends methods for treating contaminated soil like inoculating with beneficial bacteria, keeping the soil aerated, and using compost teas and mushroom-based bioremediation to break down contaminants in an aerobic environment.

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Whats in the Soiland What to Do About It

Fuels and oil:


Diesel Fuel, gasoline, motor oil, crude oil 2,4 Dinitrotoluene and 2,6 Dinitrotoluene Howd They Get Into Our Environ ent! Fuels from: Refineries, gas stations, engines, pipelines Dinos from: explosives "otential Health E##e$ts: Carcinogens, reproductive disorders, cardiovascular and blood disorders, liver damage, nerve damage "rin$i%les: Bacteria and fungi use these chemicals as food, can brea molecular bonds, !ielding carbon dioxide and "ater &ethods: #noculate soil "ith beneficial bacteria, aerobic microorganisms, using aerobic compost tea, eep soil aerated, moist but not "aterlogged Build soil health, neutral p$, high in nutrients and microorganisms, lo" salinit! %indro" composting& eeping the process aerobic '!ster mushrooms "ill brea these do"n effectivel!, mulch "ith inoculated material

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