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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
N Lee Wolfe, Athens, GA (US);
Laura H Carreira, Danielsville, GA (US);
Mark C Delgado, Athens, GA (US);
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Environmental, , US;
Dyncorp, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
588203 ; 588200 ; 588202 ; 588206 ; 588207 ; 588221 ; 588224 ; 588236 ;
Abstract
A method and composition for the remediation of environmental contaminants in soil, sediment, aquifer material or water wherein contaminants are first reduced with a reducing agent found in sediment and are then oxidized to environmentally safe products. The composition includes a reducing agent, solubilized from sediment by a solvent, for reduction of environmental contaminants such as nitroorganics, halogenated hydrocarbons, cyano compounds, anisoles and metals.