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Scottish bacteria may help clean up acid mine drainage

Staff Writer | April 09, 2024 | 6:06 am Energy Europe Coal 

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh discovered that bacteria found in areas polluted by acid mine drainage had the potential to detoxify the environment by removing heavy metals. Coal mining was a major industry in Scotland until the last deep...

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