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Question
How can the soil polluted by acid rain be made fertile again?
Solution
- The sulphuric acid which is a part of acid rain is released from various industries is a common pollutant of soil.
- Soil which has been polluted by sulphuric acid cannot be used for cultivation of plants.
- However, there is a way of treating this soil to make it fertile again. Microorganisms like Acidophillium spp. and Acidobacillus ferroxidens can be used in the treatment of soil polluted with sulphuric acid.
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