Phytoremediation is an environmentally sound technology for pollution prevention, Control and
remediation.
Phytoremediation is the direct use of living green plants for in situ, removal containment or in place
for contaminants in soils, sediments sludges, surface water and groundwater.
Phytoremediation is the efficient use of plants to remove, detoxify environmental contaminants in a growth matrix.
How does Phytoremediation work?
There are several ways in which plants are used to get clean up. To remove pollutants from soil, plants can break down or
degrade, organic pollutants and stabilise metal contaminants by acting as filters or traps .
What is Bioremediation?
Bioremediation can be defined as a process that uses microorganisms (yeast or bacteria or their enzymes) to degrade,
potentially hazardous substances into ones that are less toxic or non-toxic.
How does it work?
Microorganisms digest organic substances by producing enzymes that break up some complex compounds into nutrients and
energy for growth and reproduction, releasing gases and water as waste products.
Genetically Modified Organisms
A Genetically modified organism is an organism whose genetic code has been changed using genetic engineering techniques.
Genetic modification involves the insertion of genes or removing them.
Some GMO’s include : Plants, Microbes, Mammals…
Why GMO’s are invented?
Because people try to find nutrients that will help the body, they insert special vitamins and nutrients into food that we eat
everyday. Most people don’t even know that they are eating Gmo’s.
What is Genetic engineering?
The principle of producing a GMO’s is to add new genetic material into an organism's genome.
Human Gene Therapy
Gene therapy uses genetically modified viruses to deliver genes that can cure disease into humans. It is still new to humans,
but it had some success with some Genetic disorders.
My Genetically Modified Organism is a Carrot
Carrots have Vitamin A,K,C,B1,B3,B6…
If we modify carrots, make them into a GMO Juice and insert a Gene that will enhance
the Vitamin C in the Carrot, people will use more Vitamin C, According to the
University of Maryland Medical center, Vitamin C helps with normal growth, repair
tissue after injury, it will help blood vessels and ligaments. If people use the Carrot
Juice it will help their body function better, the Development of children will be
increased significantly.
Genetic modification will be used, which is changing the organism’s genome using
Biotechnology. There will be a new DNA that will be inserted in the Carrot by getting a
DNA sequence, and then putting it into the host(carrot) organism. We might remove
genes that a lot of people are allergic to, we will remove them using a Nuclease. If we
remove some genes that are with high % that people are allergic to, we will have
more people consuming our product. By inventing this Juice we will help the people
consuming our product, with Specially modified organisms that will enhance their
body with the Vitamin C.
If a consumer consumes the Juice which will have 20 ml of Vitamin C once a day, the
consumer’s development, recovery and diet will be much greater. 8 FL OZ bottle will
be the recommended dosage with 20 ml of vitamin C with all the genetically increased
vitamin C inside.