Remediation of pesticide-contaminated soil

摘要

The present invention provides a method of remediating soil contaminated with organochlorine pesticides by introducing methanotrophic bacteria to the soil if methanotrophic bacteria are not present in the soil, and introducing methane and air to the methanotrophic bacteria- containing soil to effect remediation of the soil. An alternative method involves remediation of soil containing the organochlorine pesticide toxaphene using denitrifying bacteria and nitrate.