Phytoremediation

Acute and diffuse contamination of soil and water by heavy metals and metalloids cause wide, environmental and social concern. Among the techniques used to cleanup affected sites, phytoremediation has recently emerged as a new, cost-effective, environment-friendly alternative. After a short introduc...

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Autores: Barceló Coll, Juan|||0000-0003-3068-2738, Poschenrieder, Charlotte|||0000-0002-3818-0874
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2003
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:117925
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/117925
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Contamination
Heavy metal
Hyperaccumulator plant
Phytoremediation
Descrição
Resumo:Acute and diffuse contamination of soil and water by heavy metals and metalloids cause wide, environmental and social concern. Among the techniques used to cleanup affected sites, phytoremediation has recently emerged as a new, cost-effective, environment-friendly alternative. After a short introduction to the types of plant-based cleanup techniques, this review focuses on metal hyperaccumulator plants and their potential use in phytoextraction technology.