We would pay a farmer to take our contaminated soil. He would till it into his fields and use it as fertilizer.
Oil is just decomposed plants from millions of years ago. When spread out it is fine. There is bacteria that feed on oil and break it down into useable nutrients.
Motor oil picks up a variety of hazardous contaminants when used in engines and transmissions. These contaminants include lead, cadmium, chromium, arsenic, dioxins, benzene and polycyclic aromatics. If used motor oil and the contaminants it contains are disposed of inappropriately and released into the environment, they can harm humans, plants, animals, fish and shellfish.
In water, oil is a visible pollutant, floating as a scum on the surface. This oil scum can stop sunlight and oxygen from getting into the water, affecting fish and water plants. It can kill fish, frogs and other animals that breathe from the water's surface.
All true, in high concentration. If diluted enough it's easily consumed by certain bacteria.
I'm not suggesting you dump 5 quarts of oil in your backyard garden. You have to have a very low volume per acre to have the soil be farmable within one to two months.
Most of the ingredients you list are found in organic soil around the world.
We would pay a farmer to take our contaminated soil. He would till it into his fields and use it as fertilizer.
Oil is just decomposed plants from millions of years ago. When spread out it is fine. There is bacteria that feed on oil and break it down into useable nutrients.
Motor oil picks up a variety of hazardous contaminants when used in engines and transmissions. These contaminants include lead, cadmium, chromium, arsenic, dioxins, benzene and polycyclic aromatics. If used motor oil and the contaminants it contains are disposed of inappropriately and released into the environment, they can harm humans, plants, animals, fish and shellfish.
In water, oil is a visible pollutant, floating as a scum on the surface. This oil scum can stop sunlight and oxygen from getting into the water, affecting fish and water plants. It can kill fish, frogs and other animals that breathe from the water's surface.
All true, in high concentration. If diluted enough it's easily consumed by certain bacteria.
I'm not suggesting you dump 5 quarts of oil in your backyard garden. You have to have a very low volume per acre to have the soil be farmable within one to two months.
Most of the ingredients you list are found in organic soil around the world.