![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/eucharia-nwaichi-di-nigerian-woman-wey-dey-clean-up-land-soaked-in-oil/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/24e38b40-5830-11ed-ac87-630245663c6a.jpg&description=BBC News Climate and ScienceWia dis foto come from, Eucharia NwaichiDis na one tori wey no dey common. A fix environmental disaster wey actually dey work.Oil spill afta oil spill don turn di Niger Delta, for southern Nigeria, into one of di most polluted places on Earth.E dey extremely dangerous - militant groups blow up pipelines, dem accuse oil companies say dem neglect dem, kidnappings dey grow- and dem no dey trust outsiders again.For one land soaked in oil and wey fires dey burn, one scientist, Eucharia Nwaichi, come prepared wit knowledge and a calm but unshakeable determination to detoxify."We want solution wey dey green and based on nature. We n wan cause any harm for everything we do," she tell BBC for one interview.Now 44, dem just award her di John Maddox prize - for scientists wey stand dia ground in di face of adversity. "Congrats to me", she joyfully tell di award ceremony for London, proud to be di first African woman to win.Eucharia na biochemist for di University of Port Harcourt. Di way she rehabilitates soils and water contaminated wit oil and other chemicals dey really simple.Dem call am bioremediation - planting vegetation wey dey naturally comot pollutants for di soil, without di need to remove chemicals and dispose of dem elsewia. Dem dey call am to di site of oil spills - wa chemicals and heavy metals like mercury, lead and chromium leak into di ground - and she monitor di pollution.Wia dis foto come from, Eucharia NwaichiShe don dey work for di Niger Delta - di "garden of Nigeria" wey get deep oil and gas reserves -since 2003.Wen she be PhD student she discover say di waste from oil refining dey choke di water. E dey cause conflict between di community and di oil company wey dey work for di area - Eucharia explain say as she prove di cause of di problem wit documented evidence, she persuade di company to change how dem dey extract oil.Dis use of science during violent disputes na wetin make her win di Maddox prize."Eucharia engage opposing){kind=link}
By Georgina Rannard
BBC News Climate and Science
Wia dis foto come from, Eucharia Nwaichi
Dis na one tori wey no dey common. A fix environmental disaster wey actually dey work.
Oil spill afta oil spill don turn di Niger Delta, for southern Nigeria, into one of di most polluted places on Earth.