{"id":14246,"date":"2010-09-09t17:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-09t17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/cleaning-contaminated-soil\/"},"modified":"2010-09-09t17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09t17:30:00","slug":"cleaning-contaminated-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/cleaning-contaminated-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"cleaning contaminated soil"},"content":{"rendered":"
there may be a solution the large amounts of contaminated soil present on the earth’s surface. wi environmental<\/a> has created xr-88, which ” treats and turns heavy metals and poisons inert, making them harmless to the<\/p>\n environment for safe, easy disposal.”<\/p>\n the company, based out of whidbey island in washington state (the same place that has tidal turbines in the works<\/a>), focuses on everything from contaminated mine water to air quality and stormwater runoff. xr-88 is applied to a contaminated site, which then breaks down the harmful chemicals into a safe, sludge-like substance.<\/p>\n the company focuses mainly on sites in the pacific northwest, including the 3,800 abandoned mine sites, the 12 million tons of coal from washington’s lone coal plant, and 14 million pounds of pollutants dumped in the puget sound annually.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the puget sound (photo from wikimedia commons)<\/span><\/p>\n