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How can the soil polluted by acid rain be made fertile again ?

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i. Acid rain is rainwater containing harmful amounts of sulphuric acid and nitric acid.
ii. Some species of bacteria like Acidiphilium and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, use sulphuric acid as a source of energy.
iii. Introduction of such bacteria in soil polluted by acid rain can make the soil fertile again.
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