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J. Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2010, 3, 735-741 JBiSE doi:10.4236/jbise.2010.37098 Published Online July 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jbise/). Removal of hexavalent chromium by an aromatic alcohol Ankita Basu, Rumpa Saha, Jayashree Mandal, Sumanta Ghosh, Bidyut Saha* Bioremediation Lab, Department of Chemistry, the University of Burdwan, Golapbag, India; Email: b_saha31@ Received 17 May 2010; revised 21 May 2010; accepted 28 May 2010. ABSTRACT hexavalent chromium contamination, and stop using he- xavalent chromium in their operation this is the highest Cr(VI) is a widespread environmental contaminant amount of compensation in metal toxicity history. Vari- and a known human carcinogen. Biosorption is a ous methods used for removal of Cr (VI) ions include very common method to remove toxic Cr(VI) from chemical reduction and precipitation, reverse osmosis, industrial waste water. In biosorption Cr(VI) is re- ion exchange and adsorption on activated carbon or duced to less toxic Cr(III) and adsorbed in biosor- similar material [5]. But all these methods suffer from bent as Cr(III). Effective biosorbents contain hydro- se