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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuji Kawabata, Isehara, JP;
Masatoshi Iio, Funabashi, JP;
Yuri Senshu, Kashiwa, JP;
Takeshi Handa, Funabashi, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B09C 1/00 ; B01F 7/00 ; B09B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B09C 1/00 ; B01F 7/00 ; B09B 3/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for soil remediation to remedy a soil contaminated with a pollutant less affecting the environment, which includes a soil borer having a rotatable drilling form or portion capable of agitating the soil, introducing into the soil at least one agent selected from the group consisting of a microorganism capable of degrading the pollutant, a nutrient for the microorganism and an inducer to make the microorganism express the pollutant-degrading activity, and measuring pollutant concentration in the soil.