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Open AccessEconomic and environmental assessment of bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste
The management of municipal solid waste is a major logistic and environmental problem worldwide. Nonetheless, the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) is a valuable source of nutrients which can b...
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Cloning and the Oviedo Convention: The Socio-cultural Construction of Regulation
In 1997, the Oviedo Convention, signed by most of the European Union (EU) member states (Germany and the United Kingdom were the most remarkable exceptions), banned ‘the creation of human embryos for research ...
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Heavy Metal Phytoremediation: Microbial Indicators of Soil Health for the Assessment of Remediation Efficiency
Phytoremediation is an effective, non-intrusive, inexpensive, aesthetically pleasing, socially accepted, promising phytotechnology for the remediation of polluted soils. The objective of any soil remediation p...