VeruTEK® Successfully Demonstrates VeruSOLVE Marine and VeruSOL Marine for Oil Spill Remediation
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New green technology provides effective solution for government and Gulf and Atlantic Coastal communities anticipating impacts from recent oil spill crisis.
VeruTEK Technologies, a leader in green technologies for environmental cleanup, successfully demonstrated VeruSOLVE Marine for the cleanup of oil in marine environments and shoreline protection on Sunday, May 2. VeruSOLVE Marine is a plant surfactant-oxidant solution that degrades oil and promotes oxidation and biodegradation of oil in the marine environment. VeruSOL Marine is a dispersant that is environmentally friendly and is less toxic to marine flora and fauna than most approved dispersants.
VeruTEK Technologies demonstrated its environmentally friendly solution that helps break up the oil to Escambia County, Florida contractors PBS&J on May 2. The next step is for the company to present this to Unified Command as an option for oil spill cleanup.
VeruTEK uses plant surfactants derived from citrus, coconut, castor and other biological sources to break up the oil. VeruSOLVE contains hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to destroy the oil. (Hydrogen peroxide breaks down to water.) John Collins, Ph.D., CEO of VeruTEK, said, "We believe that VeruTEK can make a significant contribution to protecting the beaches and the wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. We will do everything we can to help in this effort."
