How It Works
BIOREMEDIATION: Emulating Mother Nature
When hazardous material is spilled due to natural causes a process called bioremediation occurs to correct it. Bacteria that comes in direct contact with the oil is killed however nearby bacteria react to the spill by separating themselves to protect against toxicity.
From a safe distance the bacteria will release enzymes and bio surfactants to attack the spill. These bio surfactants emulsify and solubilize the spill or breakup and partition the spill into a manageable consistency. Breakdown happens in the molecular structure of the oil, detoxifying, and turning it into a food source. Enzymes then form binding sites on the emulsied or solubilized spill; this is where the bacteria will initially attach themselves and start the digestive process.
However, the use of nutrients alone can have limited effects because of the time it takes to grow a large population of bacteria and the possibility that the nutrients will be washed away or diluted before bacteria even begin to grow. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to emulate Mother Nature while speeding up the process that can take months or years to just days, even hours?
OIL SPILL EATER II (OSE II) contains the enzymes, bio surfactans, nutrients and other neccessary consitiuents for complete life cycles and biodegradation. When OSE II is added to a spill, there is no need to wait for the to bacteria release enzymes and bio surfactants because our product already supplies them.
In order for the process to start, there need to be enough bacteria present at the spill to release enzymes and surfactants. Bacteria will naturally accumulate but cannot do so quickly enough to handle large, man-made spills.This is why you hear scientists express the need to add nutrients to jumpstart the rapid growth of bacteria and the bioremediation process.
With that the solubilization process can begin in minutes, depending on the consistency of the spill. As the bio surfactants work, the enzymes attach themselves to broken down hydrocarbon structures, forming digestive binding sites.
AT THIS POINT:
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Fire hazard has diminished
2. Toxicity of spill has rapidly diminished
3. Odor is almost non-existent
4. Spill will no longer adhere to anything
5. Spill will float, as OSE II prevents sinking
If the spill reaches shoreline after application, it will not adhere to sand, rock, wood, metal or vegetation. If the spill has already attached itself, once application occurs, it will be lifted from sand, rock, wood, metal and vegetation. The spill is now detoxified to the point that indiginous, natural bacteria can utilize the oil as a food source. This also diminishes toxicity to marine organisms, birds and wildlife.
OSE II causes the oil to oat on the surface of the water, which reduces the impact to the sub-surface - preventing secondary contamination of the water column or tertiary contamination on the oor of the body of water associated with the spill area. The spill being held on the surface will make it easy to monitor. OSE II also has an extremely ecient nutrient system that is activated once you mix OSE II with natural water. While the spill is being broken down, detoxied the indigenous bacteria in the natural water used to mix OSE II starts rapidly colonizing or proliferating the growth of large numbers of indigenous bacteria. Once the bacteria run out of the OSE II readily available nutrients they convert over to the only food source left the detoxied spill. The spill is then digested to CO2 and water. In some cases you can see bacteria growing on the spill, and the oil will be digested to CO2 and water before your eyes on a contained spill. In laboratory test once you see the water in the test beaker or aquarium become turbid, you know it is only a matter of time before the contaminant is remediated to CO2 and water. Unlike mechanical cleanup, which cleans up a maximum of 20% of the oil spilled, OSE II will actually address 100% of a spill. This information is substantiated by the EPA’s listing of OSE II on the National Contingency Plan for oil spills or the NCP list, which contains the ecacy test performed for the EPA at LSU University. You can see this information at www.osei.us, click in the icon that looks like a ower moving across the page. This will link you to the EPA’s site with the OSE II listing, and information. Oil Spill Eater II emulates (copies) mother nature's process exactly.
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