Iowa Corn plus Bacteria Deliver a Knockout Punch to Forever Chemicals

Sep 09, 2025

The Iowa Learning Farms (ILF) conservation webinar taking place Sep. 10, at noon CDT will feature David Ramotowski, Ph.D. candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa. Ramotowski’s research focuses on using bacteria to clean up toxic “forever chemicals,” specifically polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the environment to protect public health. He is also a trainee with the Iowa Superfund Research Program.

Source : usda.gov