Which of the following statements about bioremediation is FALSE?

- bioremediation can be carried out quite effectively in place, avoiding the need to transport contaminated materials elsewhere for treatment

- bioremediation is much less expensive than other methods of hazardous waste site clean up

- bioremediation does not work well in areas where soils have a high day content, making them relatively impermeable

- most projects utilizing bioremediation have involved soil or groundwater contaminated with gasoline or other petrochemicals

- most of the bioremediation projects carried out to date have utilized genetically engineered microbes

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Stephen Fernandez

19 April, 18:08

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- bioremediation does not work well in areas where soils have a high day content, making them relatively impermeable