Phytoremediation of organic contaminants in soils

Soil pollution, a very important environmental problem, has been attracting considerable public attention over the last decades. Unfortunately, the enormous costs associated with the removal of pollutants from soils by means of traditional physicochemical methods have been encouraging companies to i...

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Published in:Bioresource Technology 2001-09, Vol.79 (3), p.273-276
Main Authors: Alkorta, Itziar, Garbisu, Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biodegradation of pollutants
Biodegradation, Environmental
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
business enterprises
Conservation of Natural Resources
Environment and pollution
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects
Organic Chemicals - metabolism
organic compounds
Organic contaminants
people
Phytoremediation
Plants
pollutants
soil
Soil and water pollution
Soil Pollutants - metabolism
Soil pollution
Soil science
technology
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Summary:Soil pollution, a very important environmental problem, has been attracting considerable public attention over the last decades. Unfortunately, the enormous costs associated with the removal of pollutants from soils by means of traditional physicochemical methods have been encouraging companies to ignore the problem. Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that uses plants to clean up pollutants in the environment. As overwhelmingly positive results have become available regarding the ability of plants to degrade certain organic compounds, more and more people are getting involved in the phytoremediation of organic contaminants. Phytoremediation of organics appears a very promising technology for the removal of these contaminants from polluted sites.
ISSN:0960-8524
1873-2976
DOI:10.1016/S0960-8524(01)00016-5