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Off to a Fast Start--and a Promising, if Uncertain, Future

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Bioremediation research is forging ahead, the bureaucracy is psyched up, and industry is intrigued, if wary. But major stumbling blocks lie ahead.

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  1. Russ Hoyle is a contributing editor at Bio/Technology and a former senior editor at Time who writes frequently about environmental business and politics. He is currently editing a book on environmental affairs for Gale Research.

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Hoyle, R. Off to a Fast Start--and a Promising, if Uncertain, Future. Nat Biotechnol 11, 460–463 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0493-460

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