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Ground-breaking asbestos project ready for full-scale trials

The Unitec researchers are seeking $9.7m in funding to further asbestos bioremediation.

Unitec’s Environmental Solutions Research Centre director Dr Terri-Ann Berry speaks with Fiona Rotherham

Fiona Rotherham Fri, 02 Sep 2022

A team of researchers at Unitec has found two fungi species on asbestos-contaminated materials in New Zealand that it believes have great potential to biologically break down asbestos and make contaminated soil safe again.

Since 2019 the team led by Dr Terri-Ann Berry at Unitec’s Environmental

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Fiona Rotherham Fri, 02 Sep 2022
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