Harnessing nature to clean up pollution
Pollution represents one of the greatest environmental and health challenges of the 21st century. Toxic chemicals, such as petroleum hydrocarbons, PFAS, and PCBs, contaminate soil and water, posing significant threats to ecosystems and human health. Traditional remediation methods are often expensive, slow, and environmentally invasive. Cleaning up contaminated sites can cost up to $2 billion and take decades, leaving industries and communities grappling with unmet needs for effective and scalable solutions.
What is the Solution?
BluumBio develops microbial-based products that leverage enzymes to break down toxic chemicals into harmless components, restoring natural ecosystems. Their innovative solutions are rooted in the BioDegraDatabase, a proprietary platform containing over 12,000 genomes and 3,000 genes that enable rapid development of field-ready prototypes. This platform supports BluumBio’s three product lines: Bluum Helios, targeting petroleum hydrocarbons; Bluum Delta, addressing PFAS; and Bluum Firefly, designed to degrade PCBs. Their products are fast-acting and cost-efficient, offering complete contaminant destruction in significantly less time and at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods.
By providing tailored formulations for soil and water applications, BluumBio offers versatile solutions that address pollution at its source, enabling industries to meet regulatory requirements, reduce remediation costs, and achieve sustainability goals.
What EQT Foundation loves about BluumBio
Cleaning up pollution is one of humanity’s greatest challenges, but BluumBio is rewriting the rules of remediation by taking its cues from nature. Using microbes as their secret weapon, they tackle some of the toughest pollutants, from petroleum to PFAS, transforming contaminated sites into thriving ecosystems. Think of it as nature’s cleanup crew, working at a microscopic level to undo decades of environmental damage. BluumBio’s microbial solutions are meticulously designed to target only harmful substances, leaving surrounding animals, plants, and humans untouched. It’s a perfect harmony of science and nature, creating a future where pollution doesn’t stand a chance.
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