Reasons to use MicroSorb

  1. When wet, MicroSorb® converts potentially harmful hydrocarbon spills into soil and plant nutrients, and non-toxic beneficial by-products like carbon dioxide and water.

  2. Quick Acting - third party lab tests show a 98% reduction in diesel TPH in 24 hours.

  3. Eliminates disposal fees - up to $1000.00 per drum.

  4. Easily applied.

  5. Locks liquid hydrocarbons into product without leaching.

  6. Reduces volatility of high-vapor liquid hydrocarbons.

  7. 100% natural.

  8. Beneficial to the environment.

  9. Convenient, easily accessed product for hassle-free response.

  10. Immediately usable - no mixing or waiting for product to activate.

  11. Easily activated by either salt water or fresh water.

  12. High initial concentration of microbes:
    ER - 5 billion per gram
    IS - 20 billion per gram
    SC - 90 billion per gram

  13. Contains a wide array of 100% naturally occurring microbes - specifically selected to quickly convert a wide range of natural hydrocarbons.

  14. Five year shelf life.

  15. Microbes are never freeze-dried.

  16. Listed with the EPA on the National Contingency Plan Product Schedule (NCPPS). *,**

  17. Approved for use as an emergency response product on open waterways and tidal wetlands by the Texas Water Commission.

*The use of chemical countermeasures on oil spills (ex. Dispersants) requires federal On-Scene Coordinator approval (Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 300.

**MicroSorb ER, a.k.a. Oppenheimer Formula, is on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's NCP Product Schedule. This listing does Not mean the EPA approves, recommends, licenses, certifies, or authorizes the use of MicroSorb ER on an oil discharge. The listing means only that data have been submitted to EPA as required by subpart J of the National Contingency Plan, 300.915. (Source 40 CFR Section 300.920(e)).

 

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