Phytoremediation technologies use living plants to clean up soil, air and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants.[1] It is defined as "the use of green plants and the associated microorganisms, along with proper soil amendments and agronomic techniques to either contain, remove or render toxic environmental contaminants harmless".[2] The term is an amalgam of the Greek phyto (plant) and Latin remedium (restoring balance). Although attractive for its cost, phytoremediation has not been demonstrated to redress any significant environmental challenge to the extent that contaminated space has been reclaimed.
Phytoremediation is proposed as a cost-effective plant-based approach of environmental remediation that takes advantage of the ability of plants to concentrate elements and compounds from the environment and to detoxify various compounds without causing additional pollution.[3] The concentrating effect results from the ability of certain plants called hyperaccumulators to bioaccumulate chemicals. The remediation effect is quite different. Toxic heavy metals cannot be degraded, but organic pollutants can be, and are generally the major targets for phytoremediation. Several field trials confirmed the feasibility of using plants for environmental cleanup.[4]
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Phytoremediation technologies use living plants to clean up soil, air and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants. It is defined as "the use of...
Garden Soil by Phytoremediation. Environmental sciences. 2013;1(1):33-52 Gordon, M; Choe, N; Duffy, J; et al. (1998). "Phytoremediation of trichloroethylene...
its propensity to harbor club root. This mustard plant is used in phytoremediation to remove heavy metals, such as lead, from the soil in hazardous waste...
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in phytoremediation of lead- contaminated soil by vetiver grass". International Journal of Phytoremediation. 18 (7): 730–7. Bibcode:2016IJPhy...
sycamore maple. McCutcheon, Steven C.; Schnoor, Jerald L. (2003). Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants. Environmental Science...
known as phytoremediation has been specifically shown to be effective as when used in soils contaminated with heavy metals. Phytoremediation has been...
3-fold, TA-65 2.2-fold, and maslinic acid 2-fold. In the context of phytoremediation, C. asiatica is a potential phytoextraction tool owing to its ability...
B, acid red 88 and acid blue 25. The second remediation method is phytoremediation, where living A. pinnata is suspended on the surface of the wastewater...
Coal combustion products (CCPs), also called coal combustion wastes (CCWs) or coal combustion residuals (CCRs), are categorized in four groups, each based...
native Thai plant species were tested to see which conducted the most phytoremediation of arsenic-polluted soils caused by tin mines. Mimosa pudica was one...
growing areas of the common sunflower. Helianthus annuus can be used in phytoremediation to extract pollutants from soil such as lead and other heavy metals...
Pachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by...
products, such as yoghurts. Centaurea cyanus has been evaluated for phytoremediation of soils contaminated with lead. Inoculation of the contaminated soil...
freshwater eutrophication has been reported to be a feasible way of phytoremediation. Various plants, including I. aquatica, have been tested for this use...
absorbed from soils in their tissues. Halophytes can therefore be used in Phytoremediation measures to adjust salinity levels of surrounding soils. These measures...
Cleretum bellidiforme, commonly called Livingstone daisy, Bokbaaivygie (Afrikaans), or Buck Bay vygie, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae...
management of grazing intensity. A special class of soil mitigation is phytoremediation, in which the removal and accumulation of toxic elements from soils...
potential in phytoremediation. Some Cladophora species, including Cladophora fascicularis, have been investigated for their use in phytoremediation. Cladophora...
inhabited by manatees in Florida, for the purpose of bioremediation (cf. §Phytoremediation below) of the waters that have become contaminated and fallen victim...
possibly using willows for future biofiltration of wastewater (i.e. phytoremediation and land reclamation), although this is not commercially viable. They...
(2005). Ecological Risks of Novel Environmental Crop Technologies Using Phytoremediation as an Example. Intl Food Policy Res Inst. "Leaders of the energy transition...
system).This plant was used in a phytoremediation experiment to absorb the metal contaminated soil. A form of phytoremediation is known as phytoextraction...
bioremediation used for petroleum spills include microbial remediation, phytoremediation, and mycoremediation. Bioremediation has been implemented in various...
margins, yards and bare places. Alpine pennycress has been cited in phytoremediation to have special phytoextractional properties and is known to absorb...
rhizobacteria in improving water quality and removing contaminants through phytoremediation. Syafrizal et al. (2020) has shown success in reducing concentrations...
activated carbon treatment Ultrafiltration Vapor recovery systems Phytoremediation Pollution has a cost. Manufacturing activities that cause air pollution...
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