It is an objective of the present invention to provide a decontaminant
capable of efficiently and rapidly decontaminating soil, groundwater or
sediment contaminated with hexavalent chromium, and a decontamination
method utilizing the same. By adding at least one of iron (0) and ferrous
iron, and a microbial biostimulant of at least one member selected from
the group consisting of yeast extract, inactive yeast, active yeast and
peptone to soil, groundwater or sediment contaminated with hexavalent
chromium. Hexavalent chromium is chemically and biologically reduced
efficiently, and iron reducing microorganisms are propagated and
activated to sustain reducing power of the added iron over a long period
of time.