ISTF Project # 413 was developed in response to the 2001 - 2002 Internet Science and Technology Fair.

• Project Name: Revival of the Gowanus Canal through Phytoremediation
• The National Critical Technology Category selected: Environment Quality
• Specific technology application that is to be the focus: Bioremediation.
• Focus of the ISTF Project:
  The focus of the ISTF project is to explore the field of phytoremediation in an aquatic environment. The essence of the research is to employ parts of nature to cure itself. The cost-efficient methods that this new technology would create would prevent the pollution of the environment that so threatens the world today.
• School Name/State: High School for Environmental Studies in New York
• Technical Advisors: Dr. Michael O'Herlihy and Jose Alvarez
• Sponsoring Organization: Electronic Industries Foundation
  

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