BRIMM Researcher Sue Baldwin and her group have been working with Teck and Genome BC to develop method to treat selenium at mine sites using naturally occurring microbes. The project aims determine which microbes can make selenium treatment more efficient and the conditions that could help optimize them.
Selenium can be released through mining and enter the water supply, posing heath risks to humans and native wildlife. This project’s goal is to treat the selenium in the water and to remove this health risk.
